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In Mosul battle, Iraq forces face fewer IS-planted bombs
Jan 22, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces used to facing deserted, explosives-rigged streets and booby-trapped buildings have not encountered as many bombs planted by jihadists in Mosul as ...
Iraq forces clear east Mosul ahead of push for west bank
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces battled the last holdout jihadists in east Mosul Thursday after commanders declared victory there and quickly set their sights on the city's west, ...
Iraq forces retake IS-bombed 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in Mosul on Monday retook an area where the jihadists levelled one of the city's most well-known shrines in 2014, ...
In Iraq's Mosul, university a casualty of anti-IS war
Jan 15, 2017 (AFP)
Some buildings at the University of Mosul are charred by fires, others rigged with explosives, and bullets still periodically fly past a campus scarred by the b...
Life and business return to parts of Iraq's Mosul
Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)
Explosions can be heard a few blocks away but butcher Haj Fawzi is wielding his cleaver again as he greets customers at a reopened market in liberated east Mosu...
IS resistance in Mosul is weakening: commander
Jan 10, 2017 (AFP)
The number of jihadist car bomb attacks against Iraqi forces advancing in Mosul has fallen sharply to just a few a day, a top special forces commander said Tues...
Iraq eyes recapture of east Mosul within days
Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces will retake east Mosul from the jihadists within days, a top commander said Monday, after his fighters in the city reached the Tigris River for the...
In Mosul, Iraq forces face IS drones, mortars, car bombs
Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)
A small white drone hummed into sight and Thaker, a member of Iraq's special forces, grabbed his machinegun and started lighting up the blue sky above eastern M...
Suicide bombers kill 18 in Baghdad market attacks
Jan 08, 2017 (AFP)
Suicide bombings at two Baghdad markets killed at least 18 people on Sunday, the latest attacks to hit the capital as Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jiha...
Iraq forces in Mosul punch to Tigris for first time
Jan 08, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces battling jihadists in Mosul reached the Tigris River that divides the city Sunday, a key step and a first since the launch of a huge operation in m...
Iraq forces gain ground from IS in west
Jan 06, 2017 (AFP)
Baghdad's forces retook a series of villages from the Islamic State group in western Iraq as they fought to oust it from territory near the Syrian border, offic...
Iraq launches offensive on IS near Syria border
Jan 05, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces launched an offensive against the Islamic State group near the Syrian border Thursday, piling further pressure on the jihadists' crumbling "calipha...
US-led coalition boosts Mosul military advisors to 450: official
Jan 04, 2017 (AFP)
The US-led coalition said Wednesday it has doubled to about 450 the number of military advisors assisting Iraqi troops engaged in the fight to retake Mosul from...
Turkey PM heading to Iraq to ease tensions
Jan 04, 2017 (AFP)
Turkey's prime minister will this week pay a critical visit to Iraq, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, after tensions soared to unprecedented le...
Iraq PM says opponents spreading fake news of bombings
Jan 03, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday charged that some of his opponents were disseminating fake reports of bombings in Baghdad to undermine him. Abad...
IS gunmen attack police station in Iraq's Samarra
Jan 02, 2017 (AFP)
Jihadist gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a police station in the Iraqi city of Samarra Monday, sparking clashes with the security forces, officials said. "...
Iraq forces retook over 60% of east Mosul: commander
Jan 01, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces have retaken more than 60 percent of eastern Mosul from the Islamic State group since the battle for the city began in mid-October, a top commander...
Frightened civilians flee as Iraq forces battle IS in Mosul
Jan 01, 2017 (AFP)
Frightened Iraqi civilians hurry down a muddy street in Mosul as gunshots echo through the neighbourhood and a helicopter wheels overhead, firing a barrage of b...
Central Baghdad market bombings kill dozens
Dec 31, 2016 (AFP)
Twin bomb blasts ripped through a busy market area in central Baghdad Saturday, police said, shattering a relative lull in attacks in the capital and marring pr...
Iraq forces fight muddy street battle against IS in Mosul
Dec 30, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces are fighting a muddy street battle against jihadists in southeastern Mosul, facing suicide bombers on the ground and a drone that can drop explosiv...
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