A view of the mosque and minaret in 1932 (image courtesy LOC/Wikipedia) A view of the “leaning” minaret in 2013 (via Wikipedia) The mosque has an important role in ISIS propaganda, because it is the ...
Key dates in the Iraqi offensive to recapture Mosul, the country's second biggest city, from the Islamic State group (IS) jihadists who seized it in June 2014. - October 17, 2016: Iraqi forces launch ...
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 ...
QAYYARA WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq, March 20 (Reuters) - As the battle for Mosul moves to the narrow streets and densely packed houses of the Old City, U.S. artillery gunners and helicopter pilots supporting ...
The past month has seen a spike in numbers of Iraqi refugees risking the dangerous crossing into Syria in a desperate bid to escape ISIL-held Mosul, the pending battle to retake it, and fighting in ...