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British Museum Training Iraqi Experts To Save Mosul Heritage
As Iraqi forces fight to take back Mosul from the Islamic State group, archaeologists trained by the British Museum are...
2,000 IS Fighters Defending West Mosul
An estimated 2,000 IS fighters are left in west Mosul to defend their bastion against a massive offensive by the Iraqi...
IS Claims Suicide Attack By British Bomber Near Mosul
The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack near Mosul it said was carried out by a...
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U. S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their...
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...
‘Race Against Clock’ To Prepare For West Mosul Exodus
The United Nations said Sunday as Iraqi forces launched their offensive to retake west Mosul that it was rushing to...
The Battle For Mosul
Iraqi forces on Sunday advanced on the west bank of Mosul from the south, retaking five villages and marking a new...
350,000 Children Trapped In West Mosul
Around 350,000 children are trapped in western Mosul, Save the Children warned on Sunday as Iraqi forces launched a...
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...
Iraq PM Announces Launch of Operation On West Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced the launch of military operations to retake west Mosul from...
Syria Regime Shelling of Funeral Kills 9
At least nine people were killed on Saturday when government forces launched a barrage of rockets that hit a funeral on...
Suicide Bombers Die In Failed Attack In Nigeria
As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast...
Antique Busts Ruined In Palmyra Will Return To Syria
Two rare busts rescued from the Islamic State group's destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra will soon be heading...
In ‘liberated’ Mosul, Residents Say Danger Remains
The Iraqi forces that retook east Mosul from jihadists last month have moved on to their next battle, leaving a...
West Mosul Eating Once A Day and Bracing For Worse
As the noose tightens around holdout jihadists in west Mosul, so does the belt around the waists of hundreds of...
UN ‘extremely Concerned’ Over Conditions In West Mosul
Living conditions in west Mosul, where jihadists are hunkering down among 750,000 Iraqi civilians, are deteriorating...
Syria Refugees Shrug Off Peace Talks But Dream of Home
Almost six years into a war that has devastated their country, Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon say they expect...
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...
Free Hairdos Boost Displaced Iraqi Women
Twice a month, beautician Chnoor Khezri takes her equipment to a camp near Mosul and gives displaced Iraqi women who...