The U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division is preparing an airbase in northern Iraq that will be the tip of the spear for the coming battle to retake Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, from ISIS. CBS ...

The Islamic State captured Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, from the Iraqi government after a seven-day battle in June 2014. The US-backed Iraqi assault to recapture Mosul began with great fanfare ...

Omar* was standing next to his neighbours’ house in the Al Mansour district in west Mosul when he saw an ISIS sniper fire at a helicopter from their roof. In a matter of seconds, a bomb fell on the ...

The United Nations said it has received credible reports that IS executed more than 250 people in the Mosul area. Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service and Rapid Response Division -- its two most elite ...

Successful attempt to win over those local fighters could mean the battle lasts only weeks rather than months Arbil: It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover ...

Officials said 10 villages have already been freed. — -- The Iraqi and Kurdish offensive on Mosul is "ahead of schedule" after the operation's first day, a Pentagon official said today. Only a ...

CAIRO — Aid groups are racing to prepare for what they are predicting will be the largest humanitarian crisis in recent memory, with a million people expected to flee the northern Iraqi metropolis of ...

The Islamic State forced the world to take notice when the extremist group overran Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, in June 2014. Just months earlier, President Obama had described ISIS as "the ...

Iraqi Humvees wind their way through the pockmarked streets of Mosul. The rattle of gunfire and thud of a nearby airstrike fill the air. Terrified civilians scurry across the road to safety. In the ...

ERBIL (Reuters) - It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the world’s greatest powers, for Iraq to mount an offensive to recapture Mosul ...

MOSUL, Iraq – When fighting closed in on his neighbourhood in Mosul, father of three Nashwan’s brother warned him it was time to leave. Hours later, the family home was partially destroyed. “My ...

Six months since Iraqi forces launched a vast operation to oust the Islamic State group from second city Mosul, they have recaptured its east and are battling for the west. - October 17: Iraqi forces ...