Tag: Iraqi forces
Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance
BAGHDAD/KIRKUK: Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold...
Iraqi forces announce capture of key Mosul bridge
US-backed Iraqi forces captured Mosul's al Hurriya bridge that leads to the ISIL-held city centre from the south, a military media officer said, in...
Iraqi forces push into first districts of western Mosul
MOSUL: US-backed Iraqi security forces advanced deeper into the western half of Mosul on Friday one day after launching attacks on several fronts toward Islamic...
Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way...
MOSUL: US-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul prepared on Tuesday to storm the airport and a nearby...
Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further
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,...
Iraqi forces seize center of Fallujah from ISIS
Elite Iraqi forces backed by US-led coalition airstrikes punched through Islamic State defenses in Fallujah on Friday, seizing the municipal compound and other buildings...
