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The Stench of Death Rises Over Mosul’s Old City

Devastated buildings, piles of rubble and putrid corpses of jihadists: apocalyptic scenes unfold in the Old City of...

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Iraq Forces Push Deep Into Devastated Old Mosul

Iraqi forces battled deep into the devastated historical heart of Mosul and closed in fast on the last pockets of...

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Two Thirds of Mosul Old City Retaken From IS

Iraqi forces have retaken two thirds of old Mosul, a week after launching an offensive against the Islamic State...

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US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency

A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq...

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Jihadists Snaring Starving Civilians In Mosul Death Trap

Jihadists preparing for a desperate last stand in Mosul are booby-trapping homes with civilians inside and welding...

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US-Backed Fighters Corner IS In Syria’s Tabqa

US-backed fighters cornered the Islamic State group in a last part of Tabqa on Monday, after tearing down a huge...

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IS Terrorises Mosul Civilians As Iraq Forces Advance

Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul Tuesday, closing in on the Old City where jihadists executed civilians in a...

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IS ‘executes’ At Least 15 Civilians In Mosul

Jihadist militants from the Islamic State group posing as liberating security forces killed at least 15 civilians who...

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Near Mosul, Soldiers and Displaced Meet At the Spa

Hammam al-Alil's sulphur springs and reopened spa have become a spot where the soldiers fighting in Mosul and the...

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Iraqi Snipers Target Mosul Jihadists Using Human Shields

Iraq has deployed snipers to target jihadists using civilians as human shields in Mosul, as it investigates air strikes...

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Syrians Fleeing IS Group Wait For Safe Passage At Checkpoints

At a checkpoint in northern Syria, a weary woman and her husband sit in a truck, surrounded by their belongings,...

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IS Imposes ‘Afghan Dress’ In Syria’s Raqa

The Islamic State group has imposed an "Afghan-style" dress code on men in its Syrian stronghold Raqa to help its...

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Hungry and Afraid, Mosul Civilians Flee

The gunshot rang out as civilians tried to escape the west of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling jihadists, killing...

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People of Al-Bab In Syria Tell of Last Days Under IS

In the days before the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Al-Bab fell, Umm Abdo's family sheltered underground both...

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Iraq Forces Poised For Mosul Airport Assault

Iraqi forces readied on Wednesday for an assault on Mosul airport after blitzing jihadist positions in a renewed...

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Drug Shortages and Malnutrition In Mosul

Malnutrition, child deaths and drug shortages -- healthcare in west Mosul is getting worse by the day as Iraqi forces...

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Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench Around City of Ramadi

Security forces in Iraq's western region of Anbar began digging a trench around the provincial capital Ramadi Sunday to...

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Mosul Families Tell Their Survival Stories

The crowd surges for the truck as soon as it arrives. Children are crying as they’re passed along a production line...

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John Kerry Asserts US Is Still A Global Player

US Secretary of State, John Kerry has touted the United States’ engagement around the world and efforts it has put...