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…

MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi forces faced snipers, mortar fire and booby traps as they launched an assault on Mosul's Old City on Sunday, entering a maze of narrow streets and alleys where hundreds of militants Islamic State hardliners should make…

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces said they were close to completing the encirclement of the Islamic State stronghold in Mosul's Old City, after taking control of a nearby neighborhood on Thursday.The Iraqi army said it captured Bab…

Despite vowing that a new offensive against Islamic State in Mosul would be a "final push", Iraqi forces continue to be bogged down in the city's old neighborhoods where IS remains entrenched. Days after the latest offensive began,…

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMFs) known as al-Hashed al-Shaabi, infiltrated for hours on Thursday night in areas of eastern Syria, a move seen as a test for the Coalition international organization, which provides cover for Arab and…

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,…