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Military vehicles of Iraqi security forces are seen during a battle with ISIS militants in Mosul, Iraq, December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraqi Forces Liberates Several Towns in Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat, Agencies | Dec 5, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – Iraqi Security Forces resumed its offensives on the left coast of Sharqat, after three-day halt due to bad weather. Security forces managed to liberate Kanous town and other villages, according to a source at Saladin police department. The source added that...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016

Abadi Rejects Army’s Strategy in Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 3, 2016 | Middle East

Mosul- As Iraqi forces and ISIS fight in a fierce urban warfare in Mosul, the leaders of Iraq are discussing the possibility of changing their strategy to help the more than one million civilians flee the city and give the army a free hand to strike the jihadists. The...

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Half a Million Iraqis in Mosul Live in Difficult Conditions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East

Nearly half a million residents of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq are facing a “catastrophic” situation due to the lack of drinking water and electricity. Clashes between Iraqi forces and ISIS fighters are also taking place in the city. The UN Humanitarian...

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Peshmerga forces advance in the east of Mosul to attack ISIS militants in Mosul. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraq Could Split if PMF Militias Enter Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 28, 2016 | Middle East

Increasingly and at an alarming rate Iraq is more prone to splitting. If Shi’ite paramilitary units get involved in the fight against ISIS for Mosul there is a high risk of partition and the worst sectarian bloodletting since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion , a...

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Iraqi displaced people who fled from areas near Mosul hold a white flag as they arrive at a checkpoint in Bartila town, east of Mosul, Iraq, 03 November 2016.

Mosul Civilians Fret over Security, Supplies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 25, 2016 | Middle East

Iraqi forces have pushed the hardline organization ISIS out of the street where Yaqdhan Abdelnabi lives in Mosul, but the former sales manager is moving his five children to another part of the city because it is still dangerous. Women hang laundry on balconies and...