Mosul battle
US orders non-emergency embassy staff to leave Baghdad, Arbil
Washington has ramped up pressure on Tehran in recent days, accusing Iran of planning "imminent" attacks in the region, and bolstering the American military...
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In Iraq, academics restock Mosul's barren bookshelves
To track down the books, he has had to travel 400 kilometres south to Baghdad, and even a further 600 kilometres to Basra.
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Photographers in Iraq's Mosul snap dark days, bright futures
A year and a half after Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul from IS, residents have been hiring local photographers to capture mementos of their city's darkest days.
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Iraq says vast areas taken from Kurds in Kirkuk, Kurds deny gains
The official told Reuters the oilfields and the air base west of Kirkuk were still under Kurdish control.
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Iraqi army says fighting near Tal Afar worse than Mosul
Iraqi government troops captured the town of Mosul from Islamic State in June, but only after eight months of grinding urban warfare.
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Islamic State stronghold Tal Afar about to fall, says Iraqi military
The city, which had a pre-war population of about 200,000, lies on the supply route between Syria and Mosul, 80 km to the east.
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Iraqi forces seize 70 percent of Islamic State stronghold Tal Afar – minister
The offensive on Tal Afar, which lies on the supply route between Syria and the former Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, started on 20 August.
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After Mosul, Islamic State digs in for guerrilla warfare
Some were intercepted but many evaded security forces and began setting up bases for their new operations.
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Iraq strikes Islamic State in Mosul days after declaring victory
Pockets of Mosul remain insecure and the city has been heavily damaged by nearly nine months of gruelling urban combat.
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Islamic State tightens grip on village near Mosul after defeat
Stripped of Mosul, IS’s dominion in Iraq will be reduced to mainly rural, desert areas west and south of the city.
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Tough road ahead, even as IS grip on Mosul and Raqqa falters
Iraq’s prime minister declared victory over Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, three years after the militants seized the city.
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Iraq announces ‘victory’ over Islamic State in Mosul
Islamic State’s defeat in Mosul three years after taking the city is a major blow for the hard-line Sunni Islamist group.
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Islamic State makes desperate stand in Mosul, commanders say
The military has predicted final victory this week after a grinding eight-month assault to oust Islamic State from the once two-million-strong city.
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Iraqi authorities says imminent end to long battle for Mosul
A US-led international coalition is providing air and ground support to the Iraqi forces fighting through the Old City’s maze of narrow alleyways.
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Iraqi forces seize more ground in Mosul from Isis, PM sees victory soon
In Syria, the Islamic State-held capital of Raqqa, is virtually encircled by a US-backed, Kurdish-led coalition.
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Mosul celebrates first Eid without Islamic State in years
The militants implemented an extreme version of Islam which associated toys with a face, like dolls, with idolatry.
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Iraqi forces battle towards heart of Mosul’s Old City
Islamic State retaliated with a triple bombing on a neighbourhood in east Mosul, the other side the Tigris River.
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Islamic State blows up mosque where it declared 'caliphate'
The mosque was destroyed as Iraq's elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) units got within 50 meters of it, according to an Iraqi military statement.
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Iraqi forces say started storming Islamic State-held Mosul Old City
The historic district is the last still under control of the militants in the city which used to be their capital in Iraq.
