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Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul ASIA

Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul

Jihadists with the Islamic State group were shaving their beards and changing hideouts in Mosul, residents said, as a major Iraqi offensive moved ever closer to the city on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation ARABIA

Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation

Iraq's joint operations command on Monday denied Turkey was participating in military operations to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers ASIA

Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers

Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting Islamic State group jihadists behind attacks elsewhere in the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul ASIA

Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul

Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold in Iraq.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds ASIA

Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds

US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Sunday to review the ongoing military offensive to retake the jihadist bastion of Mosul.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Many treated for breathing problems south of Mosul ASIA

Many treated for breathing problems south of Mosul

Nearly 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to toxic gases from a sulphur plant which Islamic State militants are suspected to have set on fire near the city of Mosul, hospital sources said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi army tries to take main Christian town near Mosul ASIA

Iraqi army tries to take main Christian town near Mosul

The Iraqi army launched an operation on Saturday to take Qaraqosh, a Christian town near Mosul, the last major city stronghold of Islamic State in Iraq, the military said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey, Iraq reach agreement "in principle" on Mosul: US ARABIA

Turkey, Iraq reach agreement "in principle" on Mosul: US

Turkey and Iraq have reached an agreement in principle that could eventually allow a Turkish role in the campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday after talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pentagon chief in Turkey as Mosul tensions grow ASIA

Pentagon chief in Turkey as Mosul tensions grow

US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Ankara on Friday for talks with the leaders of Turkey, a crucial but sensitive ally in the fight against the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US general says will not support Shia militia in Mosul ASIA

US general says will not support Shia militia in Mosul

The US-led coalition will not support Shia militia who might seek to participate in the campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State and it is up to Baghdad to decide their role, a top US general told Pentagon reporters on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq launches Mosul raid to drive out Islamic State ASIA

Iraq launches Mosul raid to drive out Islamic State

Iraqi government forces, with air and ground support from the US-led coalition, launched an offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, the militants' last major stronghold in the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ahead of offensive army drops leaflets over Mosul ASIA

Ahead of offensive army drops leaflets over Mosul

The Iraqi army dropped tens of thousands of leaflets over Mosul before dawn on Sunday, warning residents an offensive to recapture the city from Islamic State was in its final stages of preparation, according to a military statement in Baghdad.

4:45 AM November 25 2016