Mosul

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Chaos, Desperation At First U.N. Aid Distribution Inside Mosul

Iraqi police fired shots in the air and threatened to whip crowds with a hose as residents tried to overrun the first...

International

IS ‘loses 50,000 Fighters In Two Years’

IS has lost much territory since its gains in 2014 sent shockwaves around the world At least 50,000 militants from...

International

Islamic State Strikes Back To Slow Iraqi Forces In Mosul

Islamic State fighters retreating in the face of a seven-week Iraqi military assault on their Mosul stronghold have hit...

International

Nearly 2,000 Iraqi Troops, 900 Civilians Killed In November

Nearly 2,000 Iraqi troops were killed across Iraq in November as they battled to force ISIS extremists from the...

International

Australian IS Recruiter Neil Prakash ‘still Alive’

An Australian militant thought dead is still alive and under arrest in the Middle East, according to reports. The...

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Shia Pilgrims Among More Than 80 Killed In IS Attack In Iraq

At least 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a...

International

Iraq Militias ‘cut Off IS Access To City’

An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by...

International

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 has become...

International

Hundreds of Bodies Discovered In Mass Graves Near City

Iraqi security forces have discovered two mass graves near the city of Mosul containing around 250 bodies, police said...

International

Islamic State Kills Civilians In Mosul To Deter Support For Army

Islamic State has summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul it accused of collaborating with U. S.-backed security forces,...

Opinion

Toaso Violently

I admit I have lived my whole life with very little violence. When I listen and see the devastation in Aleppo, Syria,...

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Nov. 15 World News Summary At 0045 GMT

BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU)’s foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed on a new plan on security and...

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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...

International

John Legend’s New Video Is An Inspiration For Love Today

The song will appear on his upcoming album "Darkness and Light" John Legend shared a vision of love on Friday, and it...

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Nov. 12 World News Summary At 0100 GMT

LOS ANGELES — A tow truck collided with a China Southern Airlines flight just before takeoff late Thursday night,...

International

Iraqi Special Forces Seize Mosul District In Fresh Push

Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into...

International

IS Hangs Bodies of 40 Civilians From Poles In Iraqi

So-called Islamic State (IS) shot dead 40 civilians on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after accusing them...

International

‘Iraqi Forces’ Tortured and Killed Villagers

Men dressed in Iraqi federal police uniforms are reported to have tortured and killed residents of villages south of...

International

Six Stories You May Have Missed Because of US Election

Six stories you may have missed because of US election Iraqi Kurdish forces seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from...