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Displaced Iraqi civilians flee as members of Iraqi Army clash with ISIS fighters, in north west of Mosul, Iraq, May 5, 2017. Reuters
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...
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US-backed Iraqi forces waging the battle for Mosul. (AFP)A wide array of Iraqi and international forces are involved in the fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, which overran the country’s second city in 2014. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
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...