The first thing Iraqi teenager Afrah did when she escaped Islamic State captivity near Mosul was to …
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Mosul
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Iraqi troops push further into Mosul as Islamic State pledges more suicide attacks
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailU.S.-backed Iraqi troops expanded their foothold on the eastern side of Islamic State’s stronghold of Mosul on …
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Iraqi militia threatens Islamic State’s supply route to Syria
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailIraqi Shi’ite militias said on Wednesday they had driven Islamic State fighters from an air base west …
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Parts of Mosul come back to life, but dangers are close by
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailEmboldened by machinegun fire on Islamic State snipers along Mosul’s frontlines, a few residents are emerging from …
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Iraqi army says advances in Mosul, despite suicide bombers
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailIraqi special forces backed by U.S. and Iraqi air power took control of two districts of eastern …
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Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State …
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Iraq forces accused of killing, torturing civilians south of Mosul
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailIraqi government forces killed and tortured civilians south of Mosul, rights groups said on Thursday, the first …
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Islamic State kidnaps more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailIslamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and …
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Iraq’s peshmerga storm Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailIraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces stormed an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, clearing a pocket …
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The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down …