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Over 80,000 Iraqis Displaced In West Mosul Fighting

More than 80,000 people have fled west Mosul since the battle to retake the area began last month, the International...

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Iraq Forces Retake Mosul Train Station, Once A Major Rail Hub

Iraqi forces said Tuesday that they recaptured Mosul's train station, once one of the country's main rail hubs and the...

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Iraq Forces Retake Mosul Train Station

Iraqi forces said Tuesday that they recaptured Mosul's train station, which has not been operational since jihadists...

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After Fleeing Homes, Iraqis Near Mosul Wait For Tents

A sea of tents stretches to the horizon at a camp for displaced near Mosul but Ahmed Hassan says he and 17 relatives...

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Iraq Holds Detainees In ‘horrendous Conditions’ Near Mosul

Iraq's interior ministry is holding over 1,200 men and boys suspected of ties to jihadists in "horrendous conditions"...

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Iraq Forces Advance After Jihadists ‘trapped’ In Mosul

Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has...

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IS Fighters Left In Mosul Will Die, Says US Envoy McGurk

Any so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters left in Mosul will die in the Iraqi city, a US envoy co-ordinating the...

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Iraqi Helicopter Fires At ISIS Targets In Besieged Mosul

An Iraqi Army helicopter fires a missile at ISIS positions as government forces seeking to retake Mosul said they had...

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Priceless Remains Lie In Ruins At Mosul Museum

It was once home to priceless archaeological treasures, but these days you get into Mosul museum in Iraq's second city...

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Iraqi Forces Retake Third of West Mosul

Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said Sunday, after a week of...

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Iraq Forces Retake Over A Third of West Mosul, Commander Says

Iraqi forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group, a commander said, as Baghdad's...

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Iraqi Forces Retake Over A Third of West Mosul

Iraqi security forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group since launching an...

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Iraq Paramilitaries Say Mass Grave of Hundreds Found

Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul...

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Fear and Hunger In Iraq’s West Mosul

The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost...

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Iraq Says No Sign of IS Chemical Weapons Use In Mosul

Iraq's UN envoy said Friday there was no evidence that the Islamic State group had used chemical weapons in the battle...

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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...

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Mosul Church Turned Into IS Religious Police Base

The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists'...

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Amal Clooney Urges Iraq To Allow Probe of IS Crimes

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the...

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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...