Near Mosul, Soldiers and Displaced Meet At the Spa
Hammam al-Alil's sulphur springs and reopened spa have become a spot where the soldiers fighting in Mosul and the civilians ...
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Pride and Pain As Mosul Doctors Treat Their Own
Every time a patient is stretchered into the Athbah field hospital south of Mosul, doctor Sultan prays it isn't his ...
Iraqi Helicopter Downed In Fight To Retake Mosul
The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter operating over Mosul Thursday, as security forces announced they recaptured another ...
Mosul Humanitarian Crisis Deepens As Displacement Peaks
The fighting in west Mosul has forced up to 15,000 people to flee their homes every day recently, straining humanitarian ...
Iraq Urges Residents In IS-Held Areas To Shelter At Home
Iraq's military on Wednesday urged residents to shelter in their homes in jihadist-held areas of Mosul, where its bid to ...
Ghosts of Mosul Stalk Iraq’s Fleeing Children
The children proudly wield donated plastic water bottles like freshly dug nuggets of treasure, smiling despite the fear and death ...
Mosul Exodus As Air Strikes Kill ‘dozens’
Air strikes have killed dozens of civilians in west Mosul in recent days, officials said Saturday, as the number of ...
Dozens of Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strikes
Smoke rises from a neighbourhood in west Mosul, during an offensive by the Iraqi forces to retake the city from ...
Mosul Comes Alive With the Sound of Music
When the Islamic State group controlled eastern Mosul, playing music was a crime punishable by lashes. Today, music stall owner ...
Iraqi Families Reunite Outside War-Wracked Mosul
Surrounded by displaced Iraqis, Ahmad strides up and down a muddy stretch of land near Mosul, mobile phone in hand, ...
Mosul Families Go Against the Tide To Return Home
Tens of thousands have flowed out of war-wracked Mosul in recent weeks, but Samir Hamid and 33 family members have ...
After Fleeing Homes, Iraqis Near Mosul Wait For Tents
A sea of tents stretches to the horizon at a camp for displaced near Mosul but Ahmed Hassan says he ...
Iraq Holds Detainees In ‘horrendous Conditions’ Near Mosul
Iraq's interior ministry is holding over 1,200 men and boys suspected of ties to jihadists in "horrendous conditions" without charge ...
Iraq Forces Retake Over A Third of West Mosul, Commander Says
Iraqi forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group, a commander said, as ...
Iraq Paramilitaries Say Mass Grave of Hundreds Found
Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul containing the remains ...
Mosul Church Turned Into IS Religious Police Base
The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists' infamous religious ...
Tired But Happy, Iraqis Finally Escape Mosul Jihadists
Civilians rush down a hillside on the outskirts of Mosul to waiting Iraqi forces, tired but happy after finally being ...
Twelve Treated For Chemical Weapons Agents In Mosul Since March 1
Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in Mosul, where Islamic ...
Ululations, Pleas For Cigarettes As Iraq Forces Enter Mosul
As Iraqi forces entered west Mosul on Friday, for the first time since they launched their operation against the Islamic ...
Gunmen Kill Four At Shi’ite Muslim Gathering In Karachi
Gunmen on motorcycles killed at least four people at a religious gathering of Shi'ite Muslims in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, ...