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Iraqi Forces Push To Clear Last Pockets of IS In Mosul

Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the...

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Iraqi Forces Fight To Clear Last Jihadists From Mosul

Iraqi forces engaged in "heavy" fighting with the Islamic State group on Monday as they battled to clear the last...

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Mosul Victory Imminent, US Says, As Iraqi Forces Celebrate

Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said...

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IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul

A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...

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Mosul Victory In ‘days’ As Pressure On IS Mounts

Iraq will declare victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul during the "next few days," a senior commander said...

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Mosul Victory Announcement In ‘next Few Days’

Iraq will declare victory in the eight-month battle to retake second city Mosul from jihadists in the "next few days,"...

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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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Iraqi Forces Advance In Mosul Old City, Rescue Civilians

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they were fighting fierce battles with the Islamic State group and rescuing escaping...

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Iraq On Cusp of Mosul Victory Three Years After Major Defeat

Three years after the Islamic State group routed them in Mosul, Iraqi forces are now on the cusp of retaking the city...

News

Akufo-Addo’s Cousin, A Potential Economist of Deception (Part 2)

“If those journalists who pride themselves on reporting corruption in others, then ask for unofficial payment for...

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Uganda Hails Surrender of Senior LRA Commander

Uganda's army on Wednesday hailed the surrender of a senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army who was in charge...

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Iraq Forces Seize Ground In Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces said Friday they had seized ground inside Mosul's Old City, a district expected to see some of the...

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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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Boko Haram Leader Killed Spokesman Over ‘leadership Plot’

The leader of Boko Haram's main faction, Abubakar Shekau, has admitted killing the group's purported spokesman over an...

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Iran In New Military Drills Despite US Warnings

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday,...

International

Russia Says Aleppo Escape Corridors Under Fire

12:30 a.m. The Russian military says that in the first day of the pause in fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo, the...

International

Military Ill-Prepared For Attack On UK, Says Retired Chief

The armed forces are ill-prepared to defend the UK against a serious military attack, a senior commander warned the...

International

Senior Militant Leader ‘killed’ Near Aleppo

A senior commander of the Syrian militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo, rebel...

International

Senior Militant Leader ‘killed’

A senior commander of the Syrian militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo, rebel...