It has taken two years of training a demoralized army, backed up by the air cover and …
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Mosul offensive: Turkish and Kurdish forces launch attacks on IS
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailKurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq …
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Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailIraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control …
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Turkey has insisted that its forces cannot remain idle during the fight to drive so-called Islamic State …
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Iraqi elite unit, Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on Mosul
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailAn Iraqi army elite unit and Kurdish fighters on Thursday launched a fresh offensive to dislodge Islamic …
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A spokeswoman for the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that over 900 people …
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Turkey says its troops to stay in Iraq until Islamic State cleared from Mosul
by Ghada Ismailby Ghada IsmailA planned U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could cause “blood …
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Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children …
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Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on Islamic State (IS) militants early on Sunday, as part …
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Egypt’s foreign ministry welcomed Saturday the retaking by Iraqi forces of Fallujah, an Islamic State (IS) group …