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Iraq

Iraq PM hails swift progress of Mosul offensive

The campaign to recapture Mosul from so-called Islamic State is going faster than planned, Iraq’s prime minister said on Thursday, amid fresh fighting to clear villages on the outskirts of the…

Iraq

Iraq rejects fears of Shi'ite revenge attacks in Mosul

The comments from Iraq's foreign minister came at a diplomatic meeting in Paris where several countries have been considering the city's post-ISIL future.

Iraq

Retaking Mosul: what are the possible consequences?

As the fight for Mosul rages on, leaders outside Iraq are discussing the possible, potentially damaging, consequences of retaking the city from ISIL.

Iraq

A family's flight from Mosul

A family of five recount their perilous escape from Mosul and offer insight into what life under ISIL is like

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Iraq

ISIL 'could use chemical weapons' as Iraqi coalition advances on Mosul

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says the militants might use chemical weapons and use civilians as human shields as fighting approaches their last Iraqi stronghold.

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: aid agencies braced for massive refugee exodus

The UN has said up to 100,000 Iraqi civilians could flee to Syria and Turkey to escape the military assault on Mosul.

Iraq

The battle for Mosul so far

A rundown of events in Mosul since its capture in 2014

Iraq

The battle for Mosul: Military assault on major ISIL stronghold underway

Military operations to reclaim the northern Iraqi city from ISIL militants began in the early hours of Monday morning.

World News

Battle for Mosul begins

The battle to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul – the capital of ISIL’s so-called caliphate – has begun.

World News

Syrian rebels oust ISIL from its 'propaganda town' of Dabiq

Turkish-backed rebels have taken the Syrian town of Dabiq from ISIL militants forcing the jihadist group from their symbolically important stronghold.

Turkey

Anger between Turkey and Iraq ahead of battle for Mosul

Just weeks ahead of an expected push led-by Iraqi troops to retake the ISIL-held city of Mosul and tensions have risen between Turkey and Iraq.

Syria

US-Russia diplomatic stalemate on Syria, as deadly air strikes hit Aleppo

With fighting raging on the ground in Syria, the war of words between the US and Russia drags resulting in diplomatic deadlock.

United Kingdom

Britain jails radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary

A court in Britain has jailed the country’s best-known radical Muslim cleric for five and a half years for urging support of ISIL .

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police kill terror attack plotter in shootout

Bangladeshi police say they have killed three militants – including the alleged plotter of a terror attack which left 22 people dead last month.

Syria

Turkish-backed rebels enter ISIL-held Jarablus in Syria

Turkish tanks have been in action inside Syria, taking part in an offensive to try to drive the self-proclaimed Islamic State from the border area.

Bulgaria

France seeks extradition of student cleared over Charlie Hebdo attacks

France has requested the extradition of a French citizen from Bulgaria to face charges of activities related to terrorism.

Afghanistan

Militant behind Peshawar school massacre 'killed in US drone strike'

Taliban-linked militant leader Umar Narai, the alleged mastermind of the Peshawar school massacre, has been killed by a American drone strike, according to US and Pakistani…

United Kingdom

How the West and its media feed the 'monster' of Jihad

Government policies, isolation, misogyny, racism, despair and denial.

Belgium

Three men charged in Belgium with terror offences after police raids

Three men have been charged in Belgium with attempted murder linked to terrorism after a series of overnight police raids amid heightened security three months after the attacks in the city that kille

Iraq

ISIL 'shoots at civilians' trying to flee Falluja in Iraq

As the Iraqi army and its allies battle to retake Falluja from ISIL, an international aid group says militants from the so-called Islamic State have been shooting at civilians trying to flee the Iraqi