IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Iraqi forces take third of west Mosul, jihadists 'trapped'

Mar 12, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi forces recaptured a third of west Mosul and trapped Islamic State group fighters inside as they made further gains in their battle to retake the city, off...

Fear and hunger in Iraq's west Mosul

Mar 11, 2017 (AFP)

The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost unheard-of luxury. In parts of Iraq's war-...

Iraq paramilitaries say mass grave of hundreds found

Mar 11, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul containing the remains of hundreds of people exec...

Mosul church turned into IS religious police base

Mar 10, 2017 (AFP)

The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists' infamous religious police took over the Chri...

Iraq battles IS in Mosul, commander says resistance weakening

Mar 10, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi special forces battled the Islamic State group on Friday in west Mosul, where a commander said jihadist resistance is showing signs of weakening under rep...

Iraqi forces advance as US boosts Syria troops

Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi forces advanced on the Islamic State group in west Mosul on Thursday as the United States nearly doubled its troops to help defeat the jihadists in their ...

Iraq PM says won't hesitate to strike jihadists in nearby countries

Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday that he will not hesitate to strike "terrorist sites" in neighbouring countries, after Baghdad carried out a...

Iraq forces hunt for bombs, jihadist holdouts in Mosul

Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi forces worked to clear bombs and flush out any remaining jihadists in retaken areas of west Mosul Wednesday to set the stage for an offensive against the ...

Mosul families huddle at home terrified of IS

Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)

For two weeks, Yunis Mohammed and 17 relatives huddled terrified in the cellar of his west Mosul home as the Islamic State group fighters fought off advancing I...

Iraqi forces retake government HQ, museum in Mosul

Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they had seized the main government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made steady progress in their battle to retake the c...

Life in a basement on Mosul's front line

Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)

Abu Mariam's spacious villa sits in an upscale Mosul district, but when Iraq's second city became a war zone, the family sought refuge in their basement. The ho...

US troops train Iraqi forces in key bridging skills

Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi soldiers manoeuvre sections of floating bridge on a muddy, man-made lake as American trainers instruct them in skills that have played a key role in the w...

Iraqi forces battle IS in heavy west Mosul fighting

Mar 05, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group in hours of heavy clashes in west Mosul on Sunday, as the number of people who fled fighting in the area topped 45,...

Iraqi forces on schedule in Mosul fight: US general

Mar 04, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi security forces are progressing as planned in their battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group but the fighting will get tougher as they appro...

Chemical weapons injure seven in Mosul area: Red Cross

Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)

Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq's Mosul with injuries from chemical weapons, the Red Cross said ...

Hungry and afraid, Mosul civilians flee

Mar 02, 2017 (AFP)

The gunshot rang out as civilians tried to escape the west of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling jihadists, killing a father as he fled with his family. "Th...

26,000 Iraqis flee west Mosul fighting in 10 days

Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)

At least 26,000 people have fled in the 10 days since Iraqi forces launched a push to retake west Mosul, where jihadists put up "fierce" resistance on Wednesday...

Iraq commander says forces control Mosul-Tal Afar road

Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)

Iraqi soldiers are in control of the road linking west Mosul with the Islamic State group-held town of Tal Afar, isolating jihadists in the city, a senior comma...

To secure Mosul, Iraq army makes desert push with US help

Feb 28, 2017 (AFP)

Much of the fighting for west Mosul will be at close quarters, but Iraq's battle against the Islamic State group is also being waged in the open desert. On a du...

Iraqi civilians flee fighting, privation in west Mosul

Feb 28, 2017 (AFP)

Hundreds of civilians fled through the desert Tuesday to escape fighting and privation in Mosul, joining thousands of others who left their homes amid dire cond...