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UN accuses IS of executing 163 civilians in Mosul on June 1
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
"The brutality of Daesh and other terrorist groups seemingly knows no bounds," said Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, using an Arabic acronym for IS. "Yesterday, my staff ...
After fleeing Mosul, displaced face arrest over alleged IS ties
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes as Iraqi forces press a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group. Security ...
Jihadists occupy civilian homes as Mosul battle rages
Jun 04, 2017 (AFP)
"The Dawaesh took my house... and brought four snipers to the roof," said Mohammed, using a pejorative name for members of the Islamic State jihadist group whic...
Iraq forces announce gains in west Mosul
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces are more than seven months into a massive operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, which overran the city and swathes of ot...
Iraq forces move on IS in Mosul but civilians slow advance
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
More than seven months into the massive operation to retake Iraq's second city, security forces have recaptured all but a handful of areas of Mosul from IS, but...
Football: Iraq play first post-ban friendly at home
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqis' passion for football cuts across the deep religious and political divisions that have fuelled horrific violence in the country for years, but that same ...
Three suicide blasts send Iraq death toll to 42
May 31, 2017 (AFP)
The strikes came as forces fought to retake the last areas held by the Islamic State group in their former stronghold of Mosul. The first IS-claimed car bombing...
Iraq presses Mosul assault, Bomber kills 16 at ice cream shop
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
More than seven months into the massive operation to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group, Iraqi forces have retaken the city's east and large parts of ...
Baghdad blasts kill 27 as Iraq forces battle IS in Mosul
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
In the deadlier of the two attacks, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular ice cream shop at around midnight (2100 GMT Monday), ki...
Iraq forces launch broad attack on IS holdouts in Mosul
May 27, 2017 (AFP)
The offensive is the latest push in the more than seven-month battle to retake Mosul, a linchpin in IS's now crumbling attempt to establish a cross-border jihad...
Iraq radio show finds talent amid rubble of Mosul
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
The recorded lyrics of competitor MC Rico, a rapper from Iraq's second city, filled the studio of Al-Ghad -- Arabic for "tomorrow". "We saw a lot of horrors whe...
Iraq probes report of rights abuses in Mosul operation
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
The minister ordered the probe in response to allegations by German magazine Der Spiegel. In the report, Iraqi photographer Ali Arkady said Rapid Response Divis...
US probe finds over 100 civilians killed in Mosul air strike
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
A US aircraft delivered a single precision-guided bomb into a building in west Mosul on March 17, with the aim of killing a pair of snipers on the second story ...
IS-claimed suicide bombings kill 35 in Iraq
May 20, 2017 (AFP)
The bombings, which hit Iraq the previous night, came as Iraqi forces battle IS in Mosul in a massive operation launched more than seven months ago to retake th...
On Mosul's front line, Iraqi refuses to quit beloved home
May 19, 2017 (AFP)
The battle for Iraq's second city has come to Obeidi's front door, but the 70-year-old refuses to leave his home. Armoured vehicles come and go, transporting Ir...
On Mosul front, Iraqi forces come as civilians go
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
Other vehicles follow -- they are from Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service and are heading to the front line in Rifai, one of the last areas left to retake b...
Brisk business for Mosul's first post-IS liquor store
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
But it's hard not to notice the steady stream of customers walking out with black plastic bags filled with Turkish beer, Iraqi arak liquor and cheap whisky. The...
IS 'on brink of defeat' after losing 90% of west Mosul: officers
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces launched the massive operation to retake Mosul from IS nearly seven months ago, fighting their way to the jihadist-held city, retaking its eastern ...
Rescued 'human shields' tell of Mosul horror
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Some arrive at the displacement camp, the largest in the Mosul area, on foot, but most of them are crammed into buses and trucks, relieved and exhausted. Half a...
Militants kill two Iraqi police in anti-IS stronghold
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
When the Islamic State group seized swathes of territory in Anbar and elsewhere in Iraq, Haditha was one of the largest Sunni Arab population centres in the cou...
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