What to expect in the fight for Mosul
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State jihadists has so far progressed faster than…
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Iraq forces make gains against IS near Mosul
NAWARAN, Iraq (AFP) - by Wilson Fache with W.G. Dunlop in Qayyarah Elite Iraqi forces Thursday retook a town on…
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Iraqis flee home as Mosul battle gathers steam
by W.G. Dunlop and Safa Majeed TINA, Iraq (AFP) -- Families who fled their village in the early days of…
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Iraqi forces ‘ahead of schedule’ in Mosul: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Iraqi security forces were "ahead of schedule" after the first day of an offensive for…
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Operation to retake Mosul from IS has begun: Iraq PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group have begun, Prime…
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Cash-strapped U.N. faces huge challenges in Mosul offensive
DAQUQ, Iraq (Reuters) -- The United Nations said on Thursday (October 13) it is bracing for the world's biggest…
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US to send about 600 more troops to Iraq for Mosul offensive
ALBUQUERQUE, United States (AFP) - by Thomas WATKINS The United States is sending about 600 extra troops to Iraq to train…
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Iraq forces launch push on IS-held town
KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - by Hassan al-Obeidi Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to retake a northern town from the…
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Iraq forces retake key town south of Mosul
QAYYARAH, Iraq (AFP) - by Abdelhamid Zebari Iraqi forces on Thursday pushed the Islamic State group from Qayyarah, a northern town…
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UN bracing for massive flight from Iraq’s Mosul
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The United Nations said Tuesday it was rushing to build camps to accommodate what it expects to…
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Seven countries to intensify campaign against IS
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter won agreement from defense ministers from France and five other nations on Wednesday to intensify…
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Islamic State expands its ‘state’
Almost a year after Islamic State's shock capture of Mosul, Iraq's second city, the black flags of the jihadis have…
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