January 2017

By Maher Chmaytelli, Saif HameedBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken full control of eastern Mosul, 100 days into their U.S.-backed campaign to root out Islamic State militants from the city.A…

Iraqi security forces this week continued steady progress against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including the liberation of the University of Mosul, a sprawling complex northeast of Iraq's second-largest city.…

Published on: 08/01/2017 - 21:11Amended: 09/01/2017 - 07:09 Iraqi forces fighting jihadists in Mosul reached…

Members of the Iraqi Badr Brigade, a Shiite militia, form the last line of defense between ISIS militiamen and the capital Baghdad on August 25, 2014. Photo: Jerome Starkey/ Flickr A new report from Amnesty International, released…

A top US commander in Iraq on Sunday gave a vote of confidence to Iraqi forces fighting to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, saying those forces were currently "at their peak" and adjusting well to realities.…