IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Iraq militiamen say gaining ground in bid to cut off Mosul

Oct 30, 2016 (AFP)

Iraqi paramilitary forces said they had captured several villages southwest of Mosul from the Islamic State group on Sunday, the second day of an operation to c...

In wake of Mosul offensive, a tale of two villages

Oct 30, 2016 (AFP)

One rose up, the other was "abducted": as Iraqi forces launched their march on Mosul a fortnight ago, two neighbouring villages in their path experienced wildly...

First mass in two years held in Iraq's main Christian town

Oct 30, 2016 (AFP)

A handful of faithful gathered in a burnt out church Sunday for the first mass to be celebrated in two years in Qaraqosh, which was once Iraq's main Christian t...

Up to 900 jihadists killed in Mosul battle, US says

Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)

The United States said Thursday up to 900 Islamic State group jihadists have been killed in the offensive to retake Iraq's Mosul, as camps around the city fille...

IS trickling out of Mosul as losses mount: US general

Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)

Islamic State group fighters are trickling out of Iraq's Mosul as the jihadists suffer heavy casualties, the general overseeing American military operations in ...

On Mosul road with elite force's 'cleaners'

Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)

After crosses were restored and flags raised in this Christian town near Mosul, elite units stayed behind for one of the least gratifying and most dangerous job...

Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul

Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)

Jihadists with the Islamic State group were shaving their beards and changing hideouts in Mosul, residents said, as a major Iraqi offensive moved ever closer to...

Iraq records largest displacement of Mosul operation

Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)

More than 3,300 fleeing Iraqis sought help from the government on day nine of its offensive to retake Mosul, the most for a single day so far, a minister said W...

Iraq Christian areas retaken but return still distant

Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)

Between bombs, destruction and fears for the future, returning home remains a distant prospect for the Christians of northern Iraq displaced by the Islamic Stat...

UN says wave of IS atrocities reported near Mosul

Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)

The UN said Tuesday it had received reports of dozens of execution-type killings by the Islamic State group (IS), including the slaying of 50 former police offi...

Coalition huddles as forces inch towards Mosul

Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)

Iraqi forces were inching to within striking distance of eastern Mosul Tuesday as coalition defence chiefs gathered in Paris agreed to also take on the jihadist...

Iraqi special forces evacuate villages close to Mosul

Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)

The line of cars flying white flags kept on coming Tuesday as Iraqi forces began to evacuate residents of the last villages near the Islamic State group bastion...

Wave of strikes as IS puts up tough defence of Mosul

Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)

Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced stiff resistance on Monday from the Islamic State group despite an unprecedented wave of US-led coalition air strikes in s...

Civilians pay price of IS's 'smoke war' around Mosul

Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)

The smoke from fires lit by Islamic State jihadists to provide cover from air strikes has painted the northern Iraqi sky black, providing a dramatic backdrop fo...

IS 'executes' five Iraqis in western town: army

Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)

The Islamic State group "executed" five Iraqis, including members of the security forces, during ongoing fighting in the western town of Rutba, army officers sa...

Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers

Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)

Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting Islamic State group jih...

Iraq forces in fierce Kirkuk clashes with IS

Oct 22, 2016 (AFP)

Security forces battled for a second day Saturday with Islamic State group gunmen who infiltrated Kirkuk in a brazen raid that rattled Iraq as it ramped up an o...

Iraq parliament in surprise vote to ban alcohol

Oct 22, 2016 (AFP)

Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, in a surprise move likely to anger some minorities but also to please inf...

Sulphur cloud from IS-torched Iraq plant kills two civilians

Oct 22, 2016 (AFP)

Toxic fumes released when jihadists torched a sulphur plant near Mosul have killed two Iraqi civilians, made many ill and forced US troops at a nearby base to w...

Iraq forces make gains against IS near Mosul

Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)

Elite Iraqi forces Thursday retook a town on the eastern edge of Mosul while Kurdish peshmerga opened a new front in the offensive to wrest back the jihadists' ...