Tag: Mosul
Car bomb blast kills two in Iraq’s Mosul: medics
MOSUL: A car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday killed at least two people - a child and a...
Iraq says airstrike has killed 20 IS militants outside Mosul
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi military spokesman says an airstrike has killed 20 Islamic State militants outside the northern city of Mosul.
In a statement issued on...
Hundreds fear arrest in Mosul for sharing names with IS jihadists
MOSUL: Since jihadists were pushed out of Mosul, Mohammed has not left his home. Although he never joined the Islamic State (IS) group, he...
Battle to free Mosul of Islamic State ‘intellectual terrorism’
In a classroom of the University of Mosul, in the Islamic State group’s former Iraqi capital, around 50 volunteers have undergone a week’s training...
Iraqi forces take control of Kurdish-held areas in Mosul’s Niveveh’s province
BAGHDAD: The areas were evacuated by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters before the arrival of the Iraqi forces on Tuesday, the statement said. The Peshmerga had...
To secure Mosul, Iraq army makes desert push with US help
TALUL AL ATSHANA, IRAQ: Much of the fighting for west Mosul will be at close quarters, but Iraq’s battle against the Islamic State group...
Iraq special forces sweep Mosul University for remaining militants
Iraqi special forces swept the campus of Mosul University on Sunday to clear it of any remaining Islamic State militants after taking full control...
Attacks near IS-held Mosul in Iraq kill 34
Mortar fire and car bombs killed more than 30 people including aid workers near Mosul Thursday as Iraqi forces battled to seize the city...
A talk radio station broadcasts emotional calls from Iraqis trapped by...
The listeners who call into Radio Alghad are typical of talk radio audiences around the world. It's complaining, complain. Except the callers to Radio...
‘Intense’ fighting in Mosul as civilians flee
Elite Iraqi forces were engaged in "intense" fighting with jihadists in eastern Mosul on Saturday, an officer said, as civilians gathered on the city's...
IS executes dozens of prisoners near Mosul, officials say
Islamic State militants have in recent days executed dozens of prisoners taken from villages the group has been forced to abandon by an Iraqi...
Coalition huddles as forces inch towards Mosul
Iraqi forces were inching to within striking distance of eastern Mosul Tuesday as coalition defence chiefs gathered in Paris agreed to also take on...
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,...
Iraq forces in fierce Kirkuk clashes with IS
Security forces battled for a second day Saturday with Islamic State group gunmen who infiltrated Kirkuk in a brazen raid that rattled Iraq as...
Mosul operation moving faster than expected, Iraq’s leader says
The offensive to seize back Mosul from Islamic State is going faster than planned, Iraq’s prime minister said on Thursday, as Iraqi and Kurdish...
US expects Islamic State to wield chemical weapons in Mosul fight
The United States expects Islamic State to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to repel an Iraqi-led offensive on the city of Mosul,...
For US, Obama, Mosul campaign is calculated risk
Iraq and the United States have launched a crucial battle to liberate the city of Mosul without determining how its volatile region will be...
