Violence against Shia Muslims
In Mosul, Ghostly Civilians Emerge From Old City Hell
They all say they are back from "hell". Quivering and emaciated, the civilians emerging from Mosul's Old City have...
Bomber Sows Death Among Civilians Fleeing Mosul
A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday among civilians fleeing the Old City of Mosul, where increasingly desperate...
Deep In Mosul, US Forces Support Iraq’s Fight
In a once-plush house in west Mosul, a handful of US soldiers watch on as an Iraqi commander barks orders over the...
A Deadly City In A Dangerous Country
The death of two journalists in Mosul has highlighted once more the particular dangers of covering the battle to...
Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul
For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...
Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul
For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...
IS Chemical Attacks Down In Syria
The Islamic State group is launching fewer chemical weapons attacks in Syria as their Iraqi stronghold in Mosul, where...
Terrified Civilians Hide From Gunfire In Mosul Pre-School
The bullets of jihadists rain down outside the Mosul kindergarten, where dozens of terrified Iraqi civilians are...
Iraqi Girl Reunited With Family 3 Years After IS Abduction
The Ashti camp in Iraq's northern city of Arbil on Saturday celebrated the return of a girl whose abduction by...
Weapons Choice In Anti-IS War Endangers Civilians
The choice of weapons by the Iraqi security forces and its allies from the US-led coalition is endangering the lives of...
Five Iranian Attackers Were In Mosul, Raqa With IS
The five men who carried out twin attacks in Tehran were Iranians who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria...
UN Reports Fresh IS Killings, Air Strike Deaths In Mosul
The UN rights office said Thursday it has credible reports that the Islamic State group has killed more than 230...
UN Accuses IS of Executing 163 Civilians In Mosul On June 1
The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday accused the Islamic State group of murdering 163 civilians to prevent...
Up To 100,000 Children At Risk In Iraq’s Mosul
Up to 100,000 children are in danger as Iraqi forces battle to retake west Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group,...
Looters Target Empty Homes In Iraq’s Mosul
Men, women and children walk down a main road in west Mosul with arms full and carts loaded, but they are not among the...
Jihadists Occupy Civilian Homes As Mosul Battle Rages
After jihadists turned the roof of his house into a sniper position, Owayid Mohammed and his family fled west Mosul in...
Iraq Forces Announce Gains In West Mosul
Iraqi forces have recaptured around half of two neighbourhoods in west Mosul that are among the targets of a broad...
Iraq Forces Move On IS In Mosul But Civilians Slow Advance
Iraqi forces are advancing on the last areas of Mosul held by the Islamic State group but the presence of large numbers...
UN Warns 200,000 At Grave Risk In Last Stages of Mosul Battle
Up to 200,000 civilians caught between fanatical jihadists and advancing Iraqi forces are in grave danger in the final...