Iraq Battles IS In Mosul, Commander Says Resistance Weakening
Iraqi special forces battled the Islamic State group on Friday in west Mosul, where a commander said jihadist resistance is ...
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US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS
The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into ...
IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to lead the ...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to ...
Family In Tears As They Flee ISIS-Held Street In Mosul
A mother-of-two sobs as she carries her young son down a street in war-torn Mosul following heavy clashes today between ...
Twelve Treated For Chemical Weapons Agents In Mosul Since March 1
Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in Mosul, where Islamic ...
Up To 15,000 IS Fighters Remain In Iraq and Syria
Between 12,000 and 15,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, a top US general said Wednesday, an indication ...
Iraq Forces Battle IS To Close In On Mosul’s West Bank
Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on ...
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U. S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in ...
Key Dates In Battle For Mosul
Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on October ...
Valentine’s Day Returns To Iraq’s IS-Free East Mosul
Valentine's Day returned Tuesday to the eastern sector of the Iraqi city of Mosul from where the Islamic State group ...
Iraq Hits IS Commanders, Baghdadi Fate Unclear
The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr ...
UK Sees IS Being Ousted From Iraq Towns This Year
British Defence Minister Michael Fallon said Saturday in Iraq that he expected to see the Islamic State group expelled from ...
Tunisian Suspect In Germany Truck Attack Freed
A 40-year-old Tunisian man who was held on suspicion of being an accomplice of suspected jihadist Berlin truck attacker Anis ...
Berlin Truck-Attack Suspect Fled To France Before Italy
Italian Police officers work next to the body of Anis Amri, the suspect Surveillance footage confirms that Anis Amri, the ...
Tunisia Arrests Suspect Amri’s Nephew
Tunisian security forces have arrested the nephew of the Berlin market attacker Anis Amri and two others suspects, officials say. ...
Berlin Attacker Anis Amri Killed In Milan
The Berlin market attacker, Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police in Milan. The Tunisian criminal fired on police ...
Paranoid ISIS Leader Reportedly Refuses To Sleep Without Suicide Vest
As U. S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State's hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network ...
Iraqi PM Warns Islamic State Fighters
The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their weapons if ...
No Retreat From Mosul Assault
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be no retreat in a "total war" ...