Tag: Northern Iraq offensive

Iraqi forces backed by jets, drones and gunships attacked Mosul airport Thursday, a key step in a renewed offensive against ...

Malnutrition, child deaths and drug shortages -- healthcare in west Mosul is getting worse by the day as Iraqi forces ...

The U. S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from ...

Around 350,000 children are trapped in western Mosul, Save the Children warned on Sunday as Iraqi forces launched a fresh ...

A wide array of Iraqi and international forces are involved in the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State ...

The Iraqi forces that retook east Mosul from jihadists last month have moved on to their next battle, leaving a ...

As the noose tightens around holdout jihadists in west Mosul, so does the belt around the waists of hundreds of ...

Living conditions in west Mosul, where jihadists are hunkering down among 750,000 Iraqi civilians, are deteriorating fast and a source ...

The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr ...

Iraqi forces have thwarted an attempt by around 200 jihadist fighters to flee their bastion of Tal Afar towards Syria, ...

Iraq's prime minister has squashed a move by pro-Iranian factions in his government who wanted to retaliate against President Donald ...

Iraq's prime minister has squashed a move by pro-Iranian factions in his government who wanted to retaliate against President Donald ...

Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul ...

Six stories you may have missed because of US election Iraqi Kurdish forces seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul ...

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be no retreat in a "total war" ...

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appears to be using tens of thousands of people as "human shields" in ...

Ferocity of Kirkuk attack points to tough fight for Mosul Smoke rises as Kurdish forces take position at a site ...

Footage captures explosions near the Iraqi town of Bashiqa, where Kurdish forces have launched fresh Kurdish forces have carried out ...

the defense secretary has arrived in Iraq to retake the northern city of Mosul US Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived ...

Turkey has insisted that its forces cannot remain idle during the fight to drive so-called Islamic State militants from the ...