August 2017

AL-'AYADIYA/BAGDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces said they faced strong resistance on Monday from Islamic State fighters driven from the town of Tal Afar to a small town where they had " nothing to lose" by fighting to the end.Members of the…

By Thaier Al-Sudani, Kawa OmarTAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have taken over almost all of Tal Afar, the Islamic State stronghold in the northwest of the country, the Iraqi army said on Sunday.After just eight days of fighting, all…

BAGHDAD/ERBIL — Iraqi forces have taken over almost all of Tal Afar, the Islamic State stronghold in the northwest of the country, the Iraqi army announced on Sunday.After just eight days of fighting, all 29 neighborhoods of Tal Afar town…

By Thaier Al-Sudani, Kawa OmarTAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces broke through Islamic State lines inside Tal Afar on Friday, reaching the old city center and the area around the Ottoman-era citadel, according to a military…

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have made further progress in their offensive to dislodge Islamic State from Tal Afar, seizing five more villages on the eastern and southern outskirts of the city, the Iraqi government said on Thursday.…

HALABIYAH, Iraq - Iraqi forces have made significant progress in closing in on the Islamic State-held town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, the US-led coalition and a doorman said on Monday. -word of the Iraqi army. US Army Col. Ryan…

Members of the Iraqi Shia militia Imam Ali Brigades, part of the Shia Popular Mobilization Forces, rest during a live ammunition drill in Najaf, southern Iraq, on August 14. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said the Shia…

By Raya Jalabi, Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Five weeks after claiming victory in Mosul, Iraqi forces have taken up positions around the town of Tal Afar, their next objective in the U.S.-backed campaign to defeat militants…

An exclusive investigation by Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw has revealed that the Iranian-backed Shiite militia Hashd al-Shaabi trained hundreds of child soldiers in northern Iraq, in violation of international humanitarian law. Commanders of…