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Iraqi forces move on two airports in Mosul battle ASIA

Iraqi forces move on two airports in Mosul battle

Iraqi forces piled pressure on the Islamic State group around Mosul on Thursday, moving closer to cutting off the jihadists' escape route west to Syria and thrusting deeper into the east of the city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
'Caliphate' leaves Iraqis in administrative limbo ASIA

'Caliphate' leaves Iraqis in administrative limbo

Families fleeing Mosul as Iraqi forces move in are taking their ‘official’ documents with them but also wondering who will recognise the stamp of the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS abducts over 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands ASIA

IS abducts over 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands

Islamic State fighters have abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near Mosul and forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from the town of Hammam al Alil towards Mosul airport, U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq forces retake key town on Mosul southern front ASIA

Iraq forces retake key town on Mosul southern front

Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq Peshmerga attack IS town as army battles in Mosul ASIA

Iraq Peshmerga attack IS town as army battles in Mosul

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces attacked an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, trying to clear a pocket of militants outside the city while Iraqi troops wage a fierce urban war with the jihadists in its eastern neighbourhoods.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ireland checking if Irish citizen in Mosul attack ASIA

Ireland checking if Irish citizen in Mosul attack

Ireland's foreign ministry is investigating reports that an Irish citizen died in a suicide attack near the Iraqi city of Mosul, a spokesman said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces push deeper into east Mosul ASIA

Iraqi forces push deeper into east Mosul

Iraqi special forces recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, a military statement said, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State stronghold a day after its leader told his jihadist followers ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS leader urges Mosul fighters to turn ‘blood into rivers’ ASIA

IS leader urges Mosul fighters to turn ‘blood into rivers’

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urged his fighters in an audio recording posted online on Thursday not to retreat from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, but also to invade Turkey and attack Saudi Arabia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces edge closer to Mosul on southern fronts ASIA

Iraqi forces edge closer to Mosul on southern fronts

Iraqi troops and security forces advanced towards Mosul from the south and southeast of the city on Sunday, Iraqi officials said, backed by air and ground support from a US-led coalition ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS using thousands as human shields in Mosul: UN ASIA

IS using thousands as human shields in Mosul: UN

Islamic State forces in Iraq have abducted tens of thousands of men, women and children from areas around Mosul and are using them as ‘human shields’ in strategic sites in the city as Iraqi troops advance ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN says IS killed 232 people near Mosul this week ASIA

UN says IS killed 232 people near Mosul this week

Islamic State group fighters slaughtered at least 232 people in and around Mosul this week as Iraqi troops advanced on the city, the UN rights office said Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US general says 800-900 IS fighters killed in Mosul ASIA

US general says 800-900 IS fighters killed in Mosul

US general told AFP on Thursday that between 800 and 900 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since the Iraqi-led operation to recapture Mosul from the jihadists began.

4:45 AM November 25 2016