by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | Middle East
Hundreds of people fled Mosul on Saturday after national Iraqi forces retook two more districts in the west of the city from terror group ISIS. Families transported in busses deporting from a government checkpoint in the south of the city to camps housing more than...
by Dalshad Abdullah | Feb 28, 2017 | Middle East
Mosul – Iraqi forces seized on Monday the fourth bridge of Mosul and purged it from ISIS in a major step towards restoring control over the whole city. “Forces have laid hands on the major link between al-Tayran district and Dawasah,” said Federal Police Chief...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East
U.S.-backed Iraqi government forces launched on Sunday a large-scale ground offensive to capture the western part of the city of Mosul from ISIS and put an end to their ambitions for territorial rule in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East
Iraqi forces fighting the terror group ISIS in its last stronghold in Iraq, Mosul, have reached the Nineveh province governance building and raised the Iraqi flag there, a senior U.S. defense official said on Friday. Reuters reported that Iraqi forces retook most...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 30, 2016 | Middle East
Iraqi forces battling ISIS hardline militants in southern Mosul reported strong resistance as the second day of a renewed push to take back the city launched. Fighting had been paused for several weeks. Elite forces pushed into Mosul from the east in October but...
