How did Iraqi soldiers wrestle Mosul back from the grip of ISIS fighters? In the summer of 2014, at the height of their expansion, the terror group managed to take ...

ERBIL (Reuters) - It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the world’s greatest powers, for Iraq to mount an offensive to recapture Mosul ...

Iraq launched an offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group two weeks ago. Here is what we know so far about the country’s biggest military operation in years: Which Iraqi forces are ...

Ten years ago, Iraqi forces launched the battle to liberate Mosul from ISIL.

Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on October 17, 2016. Here are key dates: – Battle for Mosul begins – – October 17: Iraqi ...

BAGHDAD—An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic ...

HAMMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq – After his nephew was shot trying to flee the old city of Mosul, Abu Taha was trapped. Under the rule of armed extremists, just to be seen with a packed rucksack was enough to ...

Michael Knights is an Adjunct Fellow at The Washington Institute and cofounder of the Militia Spotlight platform, which offers in-depth analysis of developments related to Iran-backed militias.

Smoke from burning oil wells billows out near the city of Mosul, October 2016 (Photo courtesy UNEP) NAIROBI, Kenya, November 3, 2016 (ENS) – Civilians in Northern Iraq are suffering suffocation and ...

An impending battle to take back the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) forces "will be a bloodbath," a top Kurdish counterterrorism official told VOA. “For two years they (IS militants) have ...

NEWSCASTER: ISIS’s so-called caliphate is under attack. NEWSCASTER: It’s been an effective summer for Iraqi forces battling ISIL fighters. NEWSCASTER: The edge of Mosul is close. NEWSCASTER: Iraq’s ...