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Is Iraq facing the worst humanitarian crisis in its history?

More than a million people in Mosul are expected to be impacted by the military campaign aimed at retaking their city from ISIL.

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Reports mount of ISIL atrocities against civilians around Mosul

Politicians and local residents say the militant group has executed scores of people as Iraqi forces advance on the northern city.

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Iraq: US general says 800-900 ISIL fighters killed in Mosul offensive

Miles of oil pipelines have been set alight, allegedly by ISIL, as they defend the city.

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Iraq: Hundreds escape fighting

Around 1,000 people escape the fighting around Mosul between so-called Islamic State and the Iraqi army.

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Thousands flee as battle for Mosul rages

People escaping the fighting in villages around Mosul head for the Iraqi army lines and relative safety

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US expects anti-ISIL Mosul and Raqqa offensives to overlap

As Iraqi forces edge closer to Mosul in Iraq, anti-ISIL coalition members discussed preparations for an overlapping offensive on the extremists’ Syrian stronghold…

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The Battle for Mosul: Everyone wants a piece

At the height of ISIL’s ferocious campaign that saw them sweep across Iraq and Syria in 2014 with astonishing speed, came one of the militant group’s biggest…

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Iraqi army advances on Mosul, as ISIL strikes back

Day nine of the battle for Mosul: 78 villages have been liberated from the so-called Islamic State, according to the Iraqi army.

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Few gains in first week of battle for Mosul

Coalition forces edge closer to Mosul in Iraq, as the battle to take the city from ISIL enters its second week.

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Iraqis arrive at army checkpoint

Several displaced families arrived at an Iraqi army checkpoint in Qayara on Sunday after hunger forced them to leave their villages south of Mosul.

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Iraq: UNICEF says up to 1.5 million may be affected by Mosul offensive

The UN agency believes half of the many people impacted by events in the northern Iraqi city may be children.

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Mosul: Turkey supports Peshmerga forces in the fight against ISIL

Iraqi forces have taken two more villages from ISIL jihadists as they push on towards Mosul.

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Kurdish forces claim capture of town northeast of Mosul

The battle for Mosul has seen further fierce fighting as coalition forces push closer to ISIL’s last remaining stronghold in Iraq.

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Battle for Mosul: hundreds treated after sulphur plant is torched

As Iraqi forces battle to re-take Mosul from ISIL, almost a thousand people are being treated for breathing problems after a sulphur plant was set ablaze near the…

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US Defence Secretary makes lightning visit to Baghdad

Ashton Carter is trying to calm the war of words brewing between Ankara and Baghdad.

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Iraqi forces drive ISIL out of Christian region near Mosul

Government forces in Iraq have continued their large-scale push towards Mosul storming a Christian region seized by ISIL in 2014.

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ISIL attack on Kirkuk repulsed, bells ring out again in Bartella

The advance on Mosul continues as ISIL tries diversion tactics by attacking the Kurds in Kirkuk, without success.

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Gunbattles rage in Iraqi city of Kirkuk after ISIL attack

Street battles between ISIL fighters and Kurdish forces erupted on Friday in the norther Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

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Iraq's displaced Christians encouraged by drive to oust ISIL from Mosul

Christians living in Iraq's Kurdish region are watching events around Mosul closely as coalition forces try to drive the extremists out.

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Iraqi city of Kirkuk attacked by suspected ISIL fighters

Fighting has broken out in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk after suspected ISIL gunmen attacked several buildings, including a police compound and power station.

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