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Female ISIS suicide bombers attack Iraqi troops in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq — Two women suicide bombers, hiding among a group of fleeing civilians, targeted Iraqi troops in Mosul on Monday morning, killing one soldier and wounding several others, an...
Iraqi forces recapture iconic mosque destroyed by ISIS
MOSUL, Iraq — An Iraqi commander says his forces have taken Mosul's landmark al-Nuri Mosque compound that was destroyed by the Islamic State group last week. Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab...
ISIS fighters launch string of counterattacks in Iraq
IRBIL, Iraq — Islamic State fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighborhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that...
ISIS destroys iconic mosque where it once declared 'caliphate'
Islamic State militants blew up a 12th-century mosque in Mosul where the terror group's leader declared its self-styled caliphate as Iraqi forces closed in on the site. The explosion Wednesday...
Mass food poisoning strikes camp for displaced in Mosul
HASSAN SHAM U2 CAMP, Iraq — A mass food poisoning at a camp for the displaced near the northern city of Mosul has killed at least two people and sickened...
Six-year-old girl reunited with family 3 years after ISIS kidnapping
A 6-year old Iraqi Christian girl who was kidnapped by ISIS jihadists almost three years ago has been reunited with her family -- and getting used to saying "mum" and...
Iraq demands compensation for devastating airstrike on Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi officials demanded compensation from the U.S.-led coalition following an investigation into a March 17 airstrike in which the Pentagon acknowledged a U.S. bomb targeting Islamic State...
ISIS may be forming a 'chemical weapons cell' in Syria
ISIS is forming a "chemical weapons cell" made up of countless experts from Iraq and Syria, a report says. A US official told CNN that the terror group is gathering...
Iraq official: ISIS launched chlorine gas attacks in Mosul
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi military officer says Islamic State militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul. The officer with the anti-terrorism forces said Saturday...
Iraq reopens spa amid war
Some Iraqis in this town get massages in a spa or take muddy baths and relax in the morning sun on the banks of the Tigris. Others beg for food...
US-led coalition not protecting civilians: Amnesty International
A recent surge in the number of civilian casualties in Mosul suggests that the US-led coalition is not doing enough to protect the citizens during its campaign to defeat ISIS...
Iraqi military pulls 61 bodies from Mosul as airstrikes probed
The Iraqi military pulled 61 bodies from a collapsed building in an Islamic State-controlled section of Mosul on Sunday but said there were no indications it was hit by a...
Pentagon confirms airstrike that allegedly killed more than 100 civilians
BAGHDAD -- An initial review of airstrikes over the past days indicates that the U.S.-led coalition has struck fighters and equipment of the Islamic State group west of the northern...
Coalition airstrike allegedly kills 100-plus civilians in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group says it is investigating reports of an airstrike in a western Mosul neighborhood that allegedly left more than 100 civilians dead....
War against ISIS now involves shuttlecock grenades dropped by drones
The Iraqi army is returning serve on ISIS. Soldiers advancing on Mosul have taken a page from the jihadists’ playbook by launching shuttlecock grenades a la badminton from drones. The...
ISIS leader goes into hiding after abandoning his fighters
US and Iraqi officials believe the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left operational commanders behind with diehard followers to fight the battle of Mosul, and is...
ISIS digs underground tunnels to plunder ancient treasures
Two winged bulls dating from the Assyrian empire have been discovered in a labyrinth of narrow underground tunnels that ISIS jihadists dug in east Mosul to plunder artifacts and hawk...
Families flee as US-backed forces try to push ISIS out of Mosul
Terrified parents rushed though the streets of Mosul, Iraq, clutching their children this weekend as US-backed government forces waged a desperate battle to push the Islamic State from the war-torn...
Police Commandos recapture new neighborhood in Mosul: Iraq
BAGHDAD — Iraqi militarized police captured two neighborhoods on the western side of Mosul on Sunday amid fierce clashes with Islamic State militants, as thousands of people continued to flee...
ISIS drones capture shocking new view of terror attacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X2ORSlPJ10 ISIS is now using high-tech drones to capture video of its devastating terror attacks. The savage militant group released stunning new recordings Friday from a high-definition camera mounted on...