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Iraq

Families flee Mosul fighting as reports of ISIL massacres emerge

They have fled for their lives to a camp for the displaced – escaping the frontline of the fight for Mosul.

Pakistan

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Pakistan police academy attack

ISIL says it was behind an overnight attack on a police academy in Pakistan that has left at least 60 police cadets and guards dead.

Libya

Libya: Freed ISIL migrant girl relives kidnap ordeal

The horror of life in the clutches of ISIL has been described by a 12-year-old girl, one of a group of Eritrean female captives of the extremists to have been freed by pro-government forces in…

Iraq

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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Iraq

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.

Iraq

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.

Iraq

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.

Iraq

US Defence Secretary makes lightning visit to Baghdad

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

Iraq

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.

Iraq

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.

Iraq

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.

Iraq

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.

Iraq

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.

Iraq

Iraqi army claims victory on road to Mosul

Iraqi forces report faster than expected progress in the battle for Mosul, Iraq's second city, held for the last two years by ISIL.

Germany

Germany: Teenager goes on trial accused of stabbing 'on ISIL's orders'

The trial began on Thursday of a teenage German-Moroccan girl accused of stabbing a police officer at a train station in Hanover in February on the orders of so-called Islamic…

Iraq

Concern grows for civilians fleeing from Mosul amid Iraqi offensive

Families leaving the city have been picked up by soldiers in the desert, while others have been arriving at a UN refugee camp.

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Peshmerga forces clear IEDs near Bartella

Kurdish Peshmerga Forces reportedly managed to get close to the town of Bartella and within around 21 kilometres (13 miles) of their main target, as the battle to retake the city of Mosul got…

Iraq

Iraqi and Peshmerga forces launch new operation to eject ISIL from Mosul

The Iraqi Army joins Kurdish fighters in a fresh offensive to push ISIL from the villages surrounding Mosul.

Iraq

Hundreds of families flee Mosul every day

As the battle for Mosul nears displaced peoples camp in northern Iraq grow larger by the day.

Iraq

Fierce resistance and ISIL threats as Mosul assault progresses

On day three of their Mosul assault and despite fierce resistance, US-backed Iraqi government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are slowly but surely closing in on ISIL’s last city stronghold in…