IRAQI FORCES THWART ISIS ATTACK NEAR MOSUL
Iraqi helicopter gunships on Thursday foiled an attempted suicide attack by ISIS near the city of Mosul.
US WITHDRAWS ITS TROOPS FROM MAKHMUR TO ERBIL
The US troops stationed in Makhmur have also retreated after Popular Mobilization Units took the control over the town from Peshmerga forces.
IRAQI ELITE FORCES LOST ABOUT 40% OF PERSONNEL IN MOSUL
Iraq’s premier fighting force has lost 40 % of its men in the battle to liberate Mosul from Islamic State control.
IRAQ CELEBRATE MOSUL LIBERATING
In Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al Abadi officially confirmed the liberation of the city from the grip of the Islamic State militants.
WATCHDOG TO CRITICIZE IRAQ AND SYRIA BOMBING CAMPAIGN
Airwars, an advocacy organization tracking airstrike casualties, says there have been at least 4,000 civilian deaths from coalition strikes since last August in Iraq and Syria.
IRAQI FORCES PUSH TOWARD MOSQUE BLOWN UP BY ISIS
In their battle for Mosul, Iraqi forces are pushing toward a landmark mosque blown up last week by the Islamic State group.
POLICE SAY 70% OF MOSUL’S OLD CITY RECAPTURED FROM ISIS
Iraqi forces have taken over 70 percent of western Mosul’s Old City district, Islamic State fighters’ last refuge in Iraq’s second largest city, police forces said.
IRAQI ARMY SAYS ISIS DAYS IN MOSUL ARE NUMBERED
Mosul’s last remaining streets held by Islamic State group fighters could fall to the Iraqi military in just a few days, according to an army commander leading the assault on the city.
IRAQI FORCES RETAKE MOSUL’S OLD CITY AREA, REPEL ISIS ATTACK
Iraqi government forces took over a major area in western Mosul’s Old City on Monday, hours after the Islamic State militants launched a series of suicide attacks.
SENIOR SYRIAN ISLAMIC STATE MEMBER SHOT DEAD WEST OF MOSUL
A senior Syrian member of the Islamic State was shot dead Monday outside his residence west of Mosul, according to a local source.