March 2017

Iraqi police say taking over al-Kur and al-Tawafa will allow civilians to move to safer areas.Iraqi forces in Mosul said they had captured two key neighborhoods in their offensive to retake the western part of the city from the Islamic…

Published on: 03/13/2017 - 07:49Amended: 03/13/2017 - 08:56 Iraqi forces have retaken a third of western Mosul…

IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi forces claimed to have recaptured Mosul's main government compound from Islamic State on Tuesday, marking a strategic and symbolic advance in the northern city at the heart of the militant group's self-proclaimed…

Nearly three weeks into the final phase of the Battle of Mosul, Iraqi forces have begun to push into the most heavily fortified and deadliest corners of the ruined city.This weekend, the fighting in the city, the last urban stronghold of…

By Isabel Coles, Maher ChmaytelliMOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces captured the second of Mosul's five bridges on Monday, boosting their attack on the Islamic State's last stronghold in the western part from the…

Iraqi security forces recaptured Mosul International Airport in Iraq after days of heavy fighting to liberate western Mosul from the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force…