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Battle for Mosul: Iraqi families fleeing ISIL reunited with relatives

There have been emotional reunions at a refugee camp east of Mosul, as families fleeing ISIL militants come together with their relatives.

Iraq

Iraqi forces met with 'unexpectedly strong opposition from ISIL' in fight for Mosul

Iraqi forces say they are making ground in the fight for Mosul, but are meeting fierce resistance from ISIL fighters in the northern city.

Turkey

ISIL claims Diyarbakir bombing days after 'al-Baghdadi urged attacks on Turkey'

ISIL claims responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Diyarbakir. It's the first attack the group has admitted to carrying out in Turkey.

Iraq

ISIL leader 'may be losing control' in Mosul, US claims

The US claims an audio recording said to have been made by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could show he is losing control of the jihadists in Mosul.

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Iraq

'ISIL leader Baghdadi' urges militants to fight to the death

The leader of ISIL Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has expressed confidence in victory in his first message after Iraqi forces started an offensive to retake Mosul from the…

Iraq

Mosul battle: Iraqi forces hold positions on eastern outskirts

Special forces are going door-to-door in Gogjali district checking buildings for booby traps left behind by Islamic State militants, as major urban battle awaits.

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Iraqi civilians flee Mosul

Hundreds of civilians flee territory controlled by the Islamic State group as the Iraqi army and federal police push north towards the militant-held city of…

Iraq

Iraqi forces breach the outskirts of Mosul over two years after ISIL took control

The outskirts of Mosul have been breached by Iraqi forces for the first time in more than two years of ISIL rule in the city.

Syria

Desperate measures for Syrians trying to reach refugee camps

Syrian refugees are reportedly crossing the border into Iraq with the help of smugglers, attempting to join Iraqi refugees fleeing fighting in Mosul

Iraq

Iraqi forces 'breach Mosul city limits' for first time in fight against ISIL

In the fight against ISIL, Iraqi forces reportedly close in on the city limits of Mosul for the first time.

Germany

ISIL says it was behind fatal teen stabbing in Hamburg

ISIL has said it was behind the deadly stabbing of a teenager in Hamburg earlier this month.

Iraq

ISIL has 'abducted 8,000 families to use as human shields' in Mosul

ISIL fighters have abducted more than 8,000 families to use as human shields in Mosul, according to the United Nations’ human rights office.

Syria

France, US say Russia or Syria responsible for air strike on Idlib school

Moscow has denied it was responsible for the attack in Idlib.

Iraq

Thousands flee as battle for Mosul rages

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

Syria

Syria: schoolchildren among 26 killed in airstrikes - reports

Syrian or Russian airstrikes have killed at least 26 people, most of them schoolchildren, in a village in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province – according to rescue workers and a monitoring…

Afghanistan

Dozens of villagers kidnapped and executed in Afghanistan

Officials blame the attack in the province of Ghor on the so-called Islamic State.

Syria

Russia to extend air strike moratorium, as opposition alleges bombing in Aleppo

Fighting rages around Aleppo, as Russia says it will extend a moratorium on air strikes on the besieged Syrian city into a ninth day.

Iraq

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…

Iraq

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…

Iraq

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.