Iraq launches Mosul offensive to drive out Islamic State
Iraqi government forces launched a US-backed offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, a high-stakes battle to retake the...
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Iraqi army drops leaflets over Mosul in preparation for offensive
By Ahmed Rasheed The Iraqi army dropped tens of thousands of leaflets over Mosul before dawn on Sunday, warning residents an offensive to recapture the...
Erdogan says Iraq cannot handle Mosul assault alone
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Iraq could not deal alone with driving Islamic State from the city of Mosul and that the presence of...
Turkey determined to play role in planned Mosul offensive – Erdogan
Turkey is determined to take part in a planned operation by coalition forces to oust Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul and will...
Islamic State crushes rebellion plot in Mosul as army closes in
By Ahmed Rasheed Islamic State has crushed a rebellion plot in Mosul, led by one of the group’s commanders who aimed to switch sides and...
Turkey says its troops to stay in Iraq until Islamic State cleared from Mosul (Updated)
By Tulay Karadeniz and Ercan Gurses A planned US-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could cause “blood...
Turkey has right to combat threats in Syria and Iraq -Erdogan
By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq’s prime minister he should “know his limits” after he criticised Turkey’s military presence there...
Iraqi army says it reached centre of key town south of Mosul
Iraq’s military backed by air strikes from a US-led coalition on Thursday seized the centre of Shirqat, a northern town seen as a stepping stone...
Islamic State digs in behind Mosul moat as battle for city looms
Islamic State is building a moat around Mosul in northern Iraq, in preparation for a long, hard battle against US-backed Iraqi government forces for the...
Kurdish forces in fresh push to capture Mosul from IS
By Saif Hameed Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on Islamic State (IS) forces early on Sunday as part of a campaign to capture...
Iraqi forces gain ground against Islamic State south of Mosul
Iraqi troops advanced against Islamic State south of Mosul on Sunday as the U.S.-led coalition intensifies its campaign against the militants on multiple fronts across...
Iraq launches offensive against Islamic State south of Mosul
By Isabel Coles and Saif Hameed Iraq’s armed forces started an offensive against Islamic State in the northerly Nineveh province on Thursday in what a...
Iraqi army needs Kurds’ help to retake Mosul – Zebari (Updated)
By Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed The Iraqi army will need the Kurds’ help to retake Mosul, the largest city under the control of Islamic...
About 20 killed, including civilians, in air strikes on Iraq’s Mosul – witnesses
About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that destroyed...
Iraq says to track down antiquities after Islamic State museum rampage
By Dominic Evans Islamic State militants who destroyed priceless antiquities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have kept some artefacts to sell, Prime Minister...
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
By Humeyra Pamuk The fiercest fighting in days shook the Syrian border town of Kobani overnight, sources inside the town and a monitoring group said...
UN accuses Islamic State of mass killings
By Stephanie Nebehay and Ahmed Rasheed The United Nations condemned on Monday “appalling, widespread” crimes by Islamic State forces in Iraq, including mass executions of...
Sunni militants push into Iraqi oil refinery town (Updated)
By Dominic Evans Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group extended their control from the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to an area further south...
Militants seize Iraq’s second-largest city Mosul (Updated)
By Ziad al-Sinjary Sunni Islamist insurgents seized control of Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi’ite-led government,...
