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Iraqi army assaults Mosul the last ISIL stronghold in Iraq

Advances made into the east of the city

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Iraqi advances made in battle for Mosul, safety of civilians remains chief concern

The second phase of the Iraqi offensive to reclaim Mosul from ISIL militants has begun as security forces close in on the extremist-held city from three…

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Thousands of displaced Iraqis face winter in camps

Hundreds of Iraqis who fled their homes in Mosul wait to be sent to camps where they hope to find shelter, food, clean water and, since its winter, warmth.

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Iraq says defeating ISIL will take three more months

Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi previously pledged to retake Mosul from the jihadist group by the end of 2016.

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Euronews meets some of our refugee friends one year after fleeing war

Euronews Insiders visits people we met a year ago: a Syrian family now living in Germany, and an Iraqi man who fled Iraq for Sweden. Let's see how their lives have changed.

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Iraq: Christmas services held in areas recently retaken from ISIL control

Iraqi Christians gathered for church services in Qaraqosh and Bashiqa, near Mosul in Niveneh province, for church services on 25 December.

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Iraq: Christmas service held in Bartella, recently liberated from ISIL

Bartella: Christmas after ISIL Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered in Bartella, near Mosul, for a Christmas Eve service – the first since this area was retaken from the Islamic State group (ISIL) in

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Battle for Mosul: internally displaced nears 100,000, UN agency says

The number of people displaced from Mosul has nearly reached 100,000 the UN’s refugee agency says since the Iraqi army’s offensive to retake the city from ISIL.

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ISIL-claimed bomb attacks outside Mosul kill at least 23

The military said three car bombs ripped through a market in Kokjali, an eastern suburb of the embattled Iraqi city.

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'Wrath of Euphrates Forces' in battle for Raqqa

Operation to oust ISIL from Iraq and Syria

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The courageous story of two girls who escaped sexual enslavement by ISIL

European Parliament Sakharov Prize winners Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar in The Global Conversation

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Iraq tries to reassure over gruelling Mosul campaign

With the battle to crush ISIL in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul now in its ninth week, the government is trying to play down concerns about the slow pace of…

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Iraqi artillery pounds ISIL targets southeast of Mosul

The Iraqi army has been pounding ISIL targets in Mosul, as part of their bid to drive out the group from the city.

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Iraqi army withdraw from Mosul hospital amid fierce fighting

The Iraqi army pounds ISIL positions in Mosul, as it continues its campaign to drive the extremists from the city.

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'Dozens killed' in airstrikes on ISIL-held town in Iraq

Airstrikes on a town near Iraq’s western border with Syria have killed dozens of people, according to Reuters.

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Mosul campaign 'could take two more months'

Seven weeks into its campaign to retake Mosul from ISIL militants, the Iraqi army says it is facing the toughest urban warfare imaginable.

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Nimrud: drone footage shows ISIL destruction of Iraqi ancient city

Drone footage taken over the ancient northern Iraqi site of Nimrud has been released showing the extent of the damage suffered at the hands of ISIL.

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Iraq says its forces have retaken most of eastern Mosul from ISIL

Iraqi forces claim they are now in control of most of eastern Mosul.

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Hundred Shi'ite pilgrims killed by Islamic State in Iraq

Around one hundred people, most of them Shi'ite pilgrims from Iran, have been killed in the Iraqi city of Hilla by a suicide truck bomber.

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