by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 6, 2017 | Middle East
Mosul – Iraqi forces pushed further into Mosul from the north on the second day of a new push to speed up the nearly seven-month attempt to dislodge ISIS, commanders said on Friday. Footage taken by a drone operated by the Iraqi 9th Armored Division over the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2017 | Middle East
The ISIS militant group has lost more than three-fourths of the territory it had seized when it swept across Iraq in 2014, the military announced on Tuesday. At the height of its power, the group controlled about 40 percent of Iraq, joint operations command spokesman...