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ISIS militants shot dead 40 civilians on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after accusing them of treason, the United Nations says. Their bodies were then hung from electricity poles in several districts, the office of the UN …
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has privately revealed he fears he will be killed in Mosul and has appointed his first deputy to take over when he dies. A source, who insisted on anonymity, said the terror …
The counterterrorist units of the Iraqi army liberated Mosul’s eastern district of Al-Zahra from the militants of the ISIL terrorist group, local media reported citing security sources. "Anti-terrorist units have …
ISIL terrorists and all those involved in these atrocious crimes in Mosul should be punished, the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, said. "We can only condemn such atrocious …
A mass grave containing the remains of about 100 beheaded civilians has been discovered inside a school in a town south of Mosul, Iraq's military said in a statement Monday. The mass grave was found by Iraqi forces in the School of …
A new report by the Iraqi National Army confirms that the ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has not only escaped the coalition retaking of Mosul, Iraq but has also taken 150 families hostage with him. On November …
Iraqi security forces drove Daesh fighters from the center of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul and reached within a few km (miles) of an airport on the edge of the city, a senior commander said.
Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have reportedly lost at least 30 men with a further 50 wounded in fierce fighting against Daesh militants in Mosul. These severe losses occurred during today’s fighting in both the eastern and southern sectors of …
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said culture can bring security to the world beyond military power and diplomacy. At the inaugural of Iran Press Show 2016 in Tehran, Rouhani said terrorists have found a footing in …
Daesh militants have killed hundreds of people around their stronghold of Mosul, the United Nations says, ABC reports. The UN's human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said that number included 50 deserters and 180 former …
ISIS militants have killed hundreds of people, including 50 deserters and 180 former Iraqi government employees, around their stronghold of Mosul, United Nations human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said on Friday. …
The Russian Defense Ministry reported new airstrikes on civilian residential areas in Iraq by the warplanes of the US-led coalition. "The US continues to bombard the civilian dwelling areas in Mosul as well as in other settlements …
The Russian Ministry of Defense informed that Russian and Syrian aircraft have not performed any flights over the city of Aleppo for 13 days already, the ministry's official spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on …
Iraqi special forces east of Mosul probed a network of underground tunnels and uncovered a bomb-making facility in a village recently retaken from ISIL. The special forces continued cleanup operations in the village of Tob Zawa. They …
More than 10,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since the October 17 start of an offensive to retake Mosul from ISIL. "Over 10,500 people are currently displaced and in need of humanitarian assistance," the UN's Office for …
Russian warplanes are ready at any moment to deliver strikes against militants moving into Syria from Iraq, Head of the Main Operations Department at Russia’s General Staff Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoi said on …
The offensive to seize back Mosul from ISIL is going faster than planned, Iraq's prime minister Haider al-Abadi said. “We are getting into the final war to liberate our territories and the operation to …
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that the attack on Mosul is turning out to be a total disaster for the US. According to him, Washington "gave them months of notice". "The US is …
Iraq's joint operations command denied Turkey was participating in military operations to retake Mosul from the ISIL group. "The spokesman of the Joint Operations Command denies Turkish participation of any kind in operations …
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkey is ready to "take measures" in northern Iraq because Ankara is not satisfied with promises from the United States and Baghdad about the role of Kurdish militants and …
