Battle of Mosul

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US-Trained Iraqi Unit Carried Out Mosul Executions

An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said...

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German Jihadi Girl Arrested In Iraq

A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a...

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IS Families, Mosul Displaced Live Side-By-Side In Iraq Camp

Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. But...

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Mosul Looks To Rise From the Ashes

The battle over, it's now time to start rebuilding Iraq's second city, parts of which were literally flattened during...

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Separated By War, Iraqi Children Wait For Parents

Adel, 15, hasn't seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape the brutal rule of...

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Iraqis Accused of Siding With IS Targeted For Revenge

Revenge attacks against Iraqis accused of siding with the Islamic State group in Mosul are on the rise after Iraqi...

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Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced

Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him and thousands...

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More Than 800,000 People Still Displaced From Mosul

More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the Iraqi city against the Islamic State group,...

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Iraq’s Mosul Residents Search For Their Old City Dead

Abdelrazaq Salman has lost everything but clings onto one last hope: finding the bodies of his family members killed...

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Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces

Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State...

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Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces

Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally...

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West Mosul Residents Start Mammoth Task of Rebuilding

Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall....

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ISIS Admits Its Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Is Dead

ISIS has finally admitted its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to reports in Iraq. The terror group is...

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IS Chief Reported Dead After Jihadists Lose Mosul

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven...

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Mosul’s Once-Thriving Old City Now A Grey Wasteland

Once the beating heart of Iraq's second-largest metropolis, the Old City of Mosul is now a broken wreck, its winding...

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Amnesty Calls For Commission To Probe Mosul Crimes

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for a commission to investigate crimes against civilians in Mosul by all sides...

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Trump Congratulates Iraqi PM On Mosul ‘victory’

President Donald Trump on Monday hailed the "victory" of Iraqi forces over the Islamic State group in the northern city...

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India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory

India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing citizens after...

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Iraqi Troops Clearing Last IS Militants

Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul....