June 2017

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces attacked the last Islamic State redoubt in the old city of Mosul on Friday, a day after hailing the end of the insurgents' self-declared caliphate with the capture of a historic mosque that…

(Loveday Morris, Adam Taylor, Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post) BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister declared an end to Islamic State's hold on Iraqi territory on Thursday as government forces recaptured the site of a historic…

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Wednesday began a push towards the mosque in Mosul where the Islamic State declared a so-called caliphate three years ago, military officials said.A flag of Islamic State militants is seen…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Friday captured one of four districts in the Islamic State-held enclave of Mosul, a military statement said.Elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) units took Sihha district about a week into…

Photo 1: Qassem Soleimani allegedly near the Syrian border with Iraqi militias, posted on May 29. Major General Qassem Soleimani, head of the extraterritorial operations branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force,…