Iraq

Iraq

Liberation of Mosul is 'imminent'

Iraqi forces and their allies say they're just days away from fully liberating the city of Mosul, which the Islamic State militant group made its capital three years ago.

30/06/2017

Iraq

Watch: Drone captures ruins of landmark Mosul mosque

29/06/2017

Iraq

Iraqi army reaches al-Nusri mosque complex in Mosul as last ISIL pocket holds out

Heavy street fighting slows Iraqi army in final push against ISIL in Mosul's Old City

29/06/2017

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Music returns to Mosul

Musicians are celebrating the departure of ISIL in the way they know best.

28/06/2017

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: fight for city's mosque enters endgame

28/06/2017

Iraq

Civilians flee 'final battle for Mosul'

Iraqi forces believe the city will be recaptured from so-called Islamic State within days

25/06/2017

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After ISIL, Mosul has an Eid to really celebrate

The Iraqi city of Mosul is celebrating its first Eid festival in three years freed from ISIL occupation.

25/06/2017

Iraq

Third journalist dies after Mosul mine blast

A third journalist has died after being hit by an explosion in Mosul in Iraq earlier this week

24/06/2017

Iraq

Iraqi forces making ground in battle for Mosul

What many believe to be ISIL's last stand in Iraq is coming to a head.

23/06/2017

Iraq

Shocking images of al-Nuri devastation

In a statement posted online, ISIL says the iconic mosque and its 840-year-old minaret were destroyed by a US airstrike.

23/06/2017

Iraq

Video purports to show the destruction of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque

22/06/2017

Iraq

Universal condemnation follows ISIL's destruction of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque

"An admission of defeat" is how Iraq's PM greeted the news ISIL had destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul.

22/06/2017

Iraq

Mosul: iconic mosque 'blown up' by ISIL, says Iraq military

The iconic landmark is where ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the so-called caliphate in 2014.

21/06/2017

Iraq

Final assault on Mosul raises fears for 100,000 trapped civilians

Iraqi forces have begun to push into Mosul's Old City, ISIL's last stronghold there, but 100,000 civilians are trapped inside.

18/06/2017

Iraq

Mosul displaced hit by food poisoning

Hundreds of people are being treated by health workers after an outbreak of suspected food poisoning in a camp for displaced people in Iraq.

13/06/2017

Iraq

Kidnapped Iraqi girl reunited with family after three years

Christina, an Iraqi Christianm was kidnapped by ISIL in 2014 after her home town was overrun by the militant group.

11/06/2017

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Iraqi government accused of firing white phosphorus shells into Mosul

Human Rights watch say video put online by an ISIL affiliate shows Iraqi government forces firing white phosphorus shells into western Mosul.

05/06/2017

Iraq

ISIL targets families as car bombs hit Baghdad

30/05/2017

Iraq

Fierce battle over last ISIL-held enclave in Mosul

28/05/2017

Iraq

Iraq: ISIL claims blame for deadly Basra attack

ISIL claims responsibility for a deadly suicide car bombing near oilfields in Iraq's southern Basra province.

20/05/2017

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Iraqi forces clash with Islamic State militants in Mosul

Iraqi special forces continued battling Islamic State group (IS) militants in the western Mosul neighbourhoods of al-Eraibi and al-Rifaie on Monday.

16/05/2017

Iraq

Iraqi forces close in on Mosul

Iraqi security forces are said to be only days away from retaking Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State group.

12/05/2017

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: Iraq prosthetic centre treats hundreds of war casualties

As the battle raged between ISIL and Iraqi forces in Mosul, Iraq, a prosthetic facility endeavoured to help the hundreds of victims who have lost limbs in the…

11/05/2017

Iraq

Mosul offensive "in final phase"

Seven months into the campaign to recapture Iraq's second-largest city, government forces say it is now in its final phase after opening a new front in the northwest of the city last week.

09/05/2017

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: Iraqi army in 'final push'

The Iraqi army’s new push in the battle to recapture Mosul has been hailed as “the beginning of the end” for the extremist group there.

05/05/2017

Iraq

Iraqi army opens new front in the battle for Mosul

New front opens in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIL

04/05/2017