The Islamic State captured Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, from the Iraqi government after a seven-day battle in June 2014. The US-backed Iraqi assault to recapture Mosul began with great fanfare ...

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 ...

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 ...

MOSUL, Iraq – When fighting closed in on his neighbourhood in Mosul, father of three Nashwan’s brother warned him it was time to leave. Hours later, the family home was partially destroyed. “My ...

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 ...

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 ...

The battle for Mosul has begun. The city of 1.5 million — Iraq’s second largest — fell to ISIS in 2014. Now, a combination of Iraqi military forces, Iran-backed shiite militias, and Kurdish peshmerga ...

Key dates in the Iraqi offensive to recapture Mosul, the country's second biggest city, from the Islamic State group (IS) jihadists who seized it in June 2014. - October 17, 2016: Iraqi forces launch ...

Rasoul, a 26-year-old radio operator, stood in a narrow street in east Mosul a mile from the front line, peering into the early morning light as the armored truck packed with explosives crawled ...

Omar* was standing next to his neighbours’ house in the Al Mansour district in west Mosul when he saw an ISIS sniper fire at a helicopter from their roof. In a matter of seconds, a bomb fell on the ...

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 ...

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of Iraqis surged out of western Mosul on Saturday during a lull in heavy fighting in districts around the densely populated Old City where Iraqi forces are facing ...