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Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul as civilians flee

US-backed Iraqi forces have pushed deeper into western Mosul on Saturday, after retaking the city’s airport from the self-styled Islamic State.

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Iraqi forces push into western Mosul in battle with ISIL

Iraqi security forces have advanced deeper into the western half of Mosul, a day after launching attacks on several fronts against the self-styled Islamic State’s last main stronghold in the…

Iraq

Iraqi forces capture Mosul airport from ISIL

After nearly three years under ISIL control, Mosul airport is captured by Iraqi security forces, state television announces.

Iraq

Iraqi security forces launch offensive on Mosul airport

The airport has been under ISIL control since June 2014, and occupies a strategic position in the battle to retake the city.

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Beauty from bombs - An Iraqi artist makes the most of the detritus of war

Iraq is a vast graveyard for spent munitions and abandoned military hardware. Now one Iraqi artist is making art from the debris of war.

Iraq

UN refugee agency fears mass exodus from Iraqi push on Mosul

The United Nations says it’s growing increasingly concerned over the plight of people fleeing the Iraq army’s fight to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants.

Iraq

US Defense Secretary warns of "long-fought" battle in Iraq

The US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has been meeting Iraqi leaders on a surprise visit to the country.

Iraq

Iraqi army continues assault on ISIL stronghold of Mosul

The Iraqi army is continuing its assault on the Islamic State militant group stronghold of western Mosul.

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Iraq starts final push to liberate Mosul from ISIL extremists

After retaking eastern Mosul, US-backed Iraqi forces have begun the much more difficult battle for the western part of the city, in an all-out offensive to dislodge ISIL from its last major stronghold

Iraq

Iraqi forces launch assault on ISIL positions in western Mosul

Iraq's prime minister announces the start of an offensive to uproot ISIL militants from western Mosul.

Iraq

Iraq: deadly car bomb blast rocks Baghdad

A car bomb has killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in Baghdad.

Iraq

Dozens killed and injured in Sadr City bombing

A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck in Sadr City, a heavily-populated and poor Shi'ite suburb of Baghdad.

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Car bomb in Sadr City brings internal Shi'ite tensions back to the boil

Suicide car bomb kills and maims in Sadr City

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Iraqis take to the streets

Hundreds of followers of the influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of Baghdad on Tuesday, in honour of the people who died when an anti-government rally turned violent on…

Iraq

Iraqi agriculture in ruins as ISIL leaves trail of destruction

As the battle to rout ISIL from Iraq reaches its bloody crescendo, the world can catch a glimpse at the militant group leaves in its wake.

World News

Iraq: Christians find hometown in ruins

Large parts of the once thriving Christian community of Quaraqosh in Northern Iraq have been left in ruins.

Iraq

Baghdad anti-corruption protest ends in deadly clashes

At least seven people were killed as Iraqi security forces stopped demonstrators from entering the heavily-fortified Green Zone.

Iraq

Baghdad anti-corruption protest ends in deadly violence

A huge protest against corruption in Iraq turned violent on Saturday.

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Life after ISIL in eastern Mosul

People are showing off the effects of life under the so-called Islamic State and explaining what happened in eastern Mosul.

France

French church shows solidarity with refugees

The Basilica d’Ainay in Lyon transformed itself into a giant screen last night to show solidarity with refugees trapped in a foreign land.

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