English

More about this topic

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.

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.

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.

ADVERTISEMENT

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

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…

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.

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

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.

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.

No Comment

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…

Iraq

Iraqi and Kurdish forces secure more outlying villages on road to Mosul

Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces claim to have secured yet more villages on the outskirts of Mosul as they head towards Iraq’s second city.

Iraq

Mosul civilians face potential 'humanitarian catastrophe'

Even if ISIL are defeated, the people of Mosul's suffering may not end there.

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

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.

No Comment

Iraqi soldiers celebrate Mosul offensive

Iraqi and Kurdish forces, backed by US-led airstrikes, launched coordinated military operations early on Monday as the long-awaited fight to wrest the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State fighter

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: Iraqi army claims gains against ISIL

Iraqi government forces claim to have made gains against ISIL, on the first day of a long-anticipated offensive to retake the northern city of Mosul.