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Iraqis treated for chemical weapons agents, as Mosul civilian exodus intensifies

As the battle for Mosul rages, tens of thousands of civilians flee the bloodshed.

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More civilians flee Mosul as Red Cross condemns 'chemical attack'

Several people were hurt in an apparent chemical attack by ISIL, as rising numbers of civilians flee the Iraqi city.

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Mosul: citizens flee for their lives

Hundreds of displaced Iraqi civilians poured out of Mosul following advances by Iraqi troops against the militant Islamic State group.

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The week in pictures

A choice selection of the week’s most striking images from around the world A Picture and its Story: Ninty-year-old woman escapes Mosul.

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Iraqi forces 'trap ISIL in western Mosul'

Iraqi forces say they've taken control of the last major road out of western Mosul, 'trapping' ISIL in a shrinking area of the city.

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Iraqi forces close to government complex in Mosul, army says

The Iraqi army says it is getting closer to the main government complex in western Mosul.

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Battle for Mosul: civilians flee as Iraqi troops push deeper into ISIL held areas

In Iraq, more than a thousand civilians have fled western Mosul as Iraqi troops push deeper into ISIL held areas.

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Iraqi army makes advances in western Mosul as thousands flee fighting

Iraqi Government forces are pushing further into western Mosul, with military police routing ISIL fighters from two neighbourhoods.

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Iraqi forces push deeper into Mosul

US-backed Iraqi forces have pushed deeper into western Mosul and advanced in several populated areas in southern districts.

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Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul as civilians flee

US-backed Iraqi forces have pushed deeper into western Mosul on Saturday, after retaking the city’s airport from the self-styled Islamic State.

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Iraqi forces push into western Mosul in battle with ISIL

Iraqi security forces have advanced deeper into the western half of Mosul, a day after launching attacks on several fronts against the self-styled Islamic State’s last main stronghold in the…

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Iraqi security forces launch offensive on Mosul airport

The airport has been under ISIL control since June 2014, and occupies a strategic position in the battle to retake the city.

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UN refugee agency fears mass exodus from Iraqi push on Mosul

The United Nations says it’s growing increasingly concerned over the plight of people fleeing the Iraq army’s fight to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants.

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Iraqi army continues assault on ISIL stronghold of Mosul

The Iraqi army is continuing its assault on the Islamic State militant group stronghold of western Mosul.

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Iraq starts final push to liberate Mosul from ISIL extremists

After retaking eastern Mosul, US-backed Iraqi forces have begun the much more difficult battle for the western part of the city, in an all-out offensive to dislodge ISIL from its last major stronghold

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Iraqi forces launch assault on ISIL positions in western Mosul

Iraq's prime minister announces the start of an offensive to uproot ISIL militants from western Mosul.

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Life after ISIL in eastern Mosul

People are showing off the effects of life under the so-called Islamic State and explaining what happened in eastern Mosul.

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War-weary Mosul residents scramble for aid

Residents of eastern Mosul, the part of the Iraqi city recaptured from ISIL by government forces, continue to suffer a lack of basic necessities.

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East Mosul: Free from ISIL but desperate for food

They are free from ISIL’s clutches now but men, women and children in eastern Mosul are desperate for food.

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Iraqis erase traces of ISIL in east Mosul with a coat of paint

The signs of two and half years of so-called Islamic State rule remain, even if the militants have retreated from eastern Mosul.