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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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Iraq Paramilitaries Make Fresh Progress West of Mosul

Iraq's paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi forces said Saturday that they had retaken all areas west of Mosul from the...

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Ambush Kills Off-Duty Iraqi Soldiers In Anbar Province

Fighters have killed at least 10 off-duty Iraqi soldiers and injured another 20 in an ambush in a part of the country's...

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Iraq Forces Free 11-Year-Old Yazidi Girl In Mosul

Iraqi forces in Mosul have freed an 11-year-old Yazidi girl who was kidnapped and sold as a slave by the Islamic State...

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IS Now Controls Less Than Seven Percent of Iraq, Military Says

The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three...

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IS Now Controls Less Than Seven Percent of Iraq

The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three...

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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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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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IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to...

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Family In Tears As They Flee ISIS-Held Street In Mosul

A mother-of-two sobs as she carries her young son down a street in war-torn Mosul following heavy clashes today between...

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Iraqi Forces On Schedule In Mosul Fight

Iraqi security forces are progressing as planned in their battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group but...

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To Secure Mosul, Iraq Army Makes Desert Push With US Help

Much of the fighting for west Mosul will be at close quarters, but Iraq's battle against the Islamic State group is...

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U. S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their...

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Iraq Forces Foil IS Attempt To Flee To Syria

Iraqi forces have thwarted an attempt by around 200 jihadist fighters to flee their bastion of Tal Afar towards Syria,...

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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...

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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...

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Islamic State Abducts More Than 200 Near Mosul

About 100 of the former ISF officers were taken at around midnight on Nov. 3 from Mawaly village Islamic State fighters...