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Iraqi forces enter western Mosul, take control of airport from IS
BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces pushed into the first neighborhood in western Mosul on Friday and took full control of the international airport on the city's southwestern edge from the Islamic...
Iraqi forces advance against Islamic State into Mosul airport
BAGHDAD — Iraqi federal police pushed their way into the perimeter of Mosul International Airport on Thursday, taking control of the runway amid fierce exchanges of fire with Islamic State...
ISIS now has the weapons to shoot down low-flying planes
ISIS jihadists have acquired small anti-aircraft artillery pieces that can threaten low-flying planes, according to a report. A US military spokesman in Baghdad described the weapons as a “significant threat”...
Footage shows ISIS fighters smiling before suicide attack
A new video posted by ISIS reportedly shows a team of suicide car bombers — including one smiling Brit — driving Mad Max-style death-mobiles towards an Iraqi army base, moments...
Iraqi forces advance on ISIS-held western Mosul
HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a large-scale military operation on Sunday to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, the latest phase in a...
Shock and indifference to Trump ban on Mosul frontline
MOSUL, Iraq — President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning citizens from Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States was met with mixed reactions in Mosul,...
Iraqi forces take 'full control' of eastern Mosul
BAGHDAD — Iraq's military says government troops are now in "full control" of eastern Mosul after routing Islamic State militants from that part of the northern Iraqi city. Army Lt....
Mosul University fully liberated from ISIS by Iraqi troops: military
BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops on Sunday fully liberated the sprawling complex of Mosul University, an Iraqi military spokesman said, a major step in the massive operation to retake...
ISIS launches overnight attack on Iraqi forces in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq -- Iraq special forces captured a new neighborhood Wednesday from the Islamic State group in eastern Mosul, according to a senior commander - the latest gain in a...
Militias close to cutting off ISIS supply route near Mosul
TAL AFAR AIR BASE, Iraq — Iraqi Shi'ite militias were massing troops Monday to cut remaining supply routes to Mosul, the Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, closing in...
Iraqi forces pause Mosul push, but face deadly ISIS attacks
MOSUL, Iraq — Due to poor weather and cloudy skies, Iraq special forces on Thursday paused temporarily in their push into the northern city of Mosul but still faced deadly...
Barbershop opens in chaotic Mosul as ISIS retreats
The only shop to open so far after the army fought its way into the Intisar district of eastern Mosul is Ali Bashar's barbershop. Inside, men were lining up to...
ISIS stockpiling chemicals for use as weapons, UN warns
Islamic State fighters have executed scores more people around Mosul this week and are reportedly stockpiling ammonia and sulfur in civilian areas, possibly for use as chemical weapons, UN human...
ISIS leader doesn't expect to survive Mosul offensive
Islamic State overlord Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is preparing for his own death and making plans to transfer power to one of his deputies, according to reports. Baghdadi, 45, has quietly...
Investigators begin examining corpses found in ISIS mass grave
BAGHDAD — Iraqi investigators were probing a mass grave on Tuesday that was discovered the previous day by troops advancing further into Islamic State-held territory near the city of Mosul,...
Mass grave with decapitated bodies found near Mosul
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi military says it has found some 100 decapitated bodies in a mass grave south of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul. The spokesman for the Joint...
Death toll rises in fight to take back ISIS-held Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq -- Zahida Fathi sat on a military-issued cot, rocking back and forth and repeating the names of the dead - her husband and six of her children, killed...
Iraqi forces wage fight to seize Mosul from ISIS
Advancing special forces battled jihadists on Saturday for the last town left between them and Mosul. The attack on Hammam al-Alil, about 10 miles south of the besieged Iraqi city,...
Heavy fighting in Mosul as Iraqi forces attack ISIS
MOSUL, Iraq -- Heavy fighting erupted in the eastern neighborhoods of Mosul on Friday as Iraqi special forces launched an assault deeper into the urban areas of the city and...