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 ...

Key dates in the offensive against the Islamic State group in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul where on Sunday Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory. – The battle begins – – October 17, 2016: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 50 civilians have been killed or injured by landmines since Friday night as they fled a village about 9 miles west of Mosul, Iraq's Federal Police said in a tweet Saturday. Residents in the ...

The 2016-’17 Battle of Mosul backgrounds an effective but generic true story about a rebel Iraqi SWAT team fighting to rid the city of ISIS. The past is supposed to be another country, but 2017 feels ...

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 ...