Posts Tagged: Mosul Iraq
ISIS Desperate to Continue Mosul Fight Deploys Suicide Bombers, Searches for Boys to Force Into Battle
In their final days in Mosul, Islamic State militants dispatched dozens of suicide bombers -- including women with babies in their arms -- and searched...
Mosul Achieves Liberation From ISIS After 3 Years of Occupation
Soldiers cleared explosives from Mosul’s historic quarter after its liberation all but ended Islamic State’s presence in Iraq, three years of occupation that left a...
Mosul Residents Say ISIS Militants Still Live Among Liberated Civilians
Residents of ISIS's former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul have warned that extremists were still living among civilians in parts of the city liberated by U.S.-backed...
ISIS Militants in Mosul on ‘Brink of Total Defeat,’ Says Spokesperson for US-Led Coalition
The last of the Islamic State militants remaining in the Iraqi city of Mosul were completely surrounded and “on the brink of total defeat,” a...
UN Secretary General Calls on World to Increase Aid to People Fleeing ISIS-Held Mosul
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to increase aid to help people fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul...
US Firepower Keeps Iraqi Offensive Against ISIS Moving Forward
One week after Iraqi forces began their push into western Mosul, American firepower is playing an essential role in softening the opposition from the Islamic...
Mosul Radio Station Broadcasts Questions, Concerns Voiced by Iraqis Trapped by ISIS Forces
The listeners who call in to Radio Alghad are typical of talk-radio audiences around the world. It’s complain, complain. Except the callers to “Radio Tomorrow”...
ISIS Releases Audiotape of Leader Al-Baghdadi Ordering Iraqis to Defend Mosul Against Army
The Islamic State (IS) group has released an audiotape which it says is from its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ordering Iraqis to defend the city...
Iraqi, Kurdish Forces Launch New Offensive Near Mosul as Part of Massive Anti-ISIS Operation
Iraqi and Kurdish forces have launched a new offensive on a town near Mosul as part of a massive operation aimed at retaking the country's...
Pentagon Says ISIS ‘Dead Set’ on Using Chemical Weapons in Iraq
Part of the Islamic State terror group’s plan to turn the northern Iraqi city of Mosul into “hell on earth” could well include a barrage...
Iraqi Forces Lead Operation to Retake Jihadist-Held Town South of Mosul
Iraqi special forces led an operation on Tuesday aimed at retaking the jihadist-held town of Qayyarah, a key staging base for operations to attack Mosul,...
ISIS Confirms Key Leader Omar Shishani Killed in Combat
A news agency linked to so-called Islamic State has confirmed the death of key leader Omar Shishani, whom the US said it killed in March. The...
Iraq’s Oldest Christian Monastery Destroyed by Islamic State, Images Confirm
JNS.org - New satellite images confirmed that St. Elijah’s monastery, Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery, was destroyed by the Islamic State terror group. Prior to its destruction, the...
Islamic State Militants Kidnap Hundreds of Women in Iraq
Sky News - Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Islamist militants, Iraq's government has said. Kamil Amin, a spokesman...
