Nearly 100 IS militants killed in clashes, air strike in Iraq's Mosul
The soldiers of the Ninth Armoured Division repelled attacks by dozens of IS militants and suicide car bombs on the recently-freed neighbourhood of al-Intisar, al-Shaima and al-Salam in southeastern Mosul.
Dec 25, 2016, 23:58 PM IST
Pope reaches out to families of terror victims in Christmas
Pope Francis urged an end to the fighting in Syria as he gave his Christmas address at the Vatican on Sunday, saying "far too much blood has been spilled" in the conflict.
Dec 25, 2016, 17:03 PM IST
IS mortars kill 9 civilians in Mosul
At least nine civilians were killed and another 17 wounded on Saturday after the Islamic State jihadist group shelled mortars at two neighbourhoods east of the Iraqi city of Mosul.
Dec 25, 2016, 05:49 AM IST
Car explosions in Iraq's Mosul kill 25
At least 25 persons were killed on Thursday in the Iraqi city of Mosul after three suicide car bombs were detonated at a market place, a security source said.
Dec 22, 2016, 20:51 PM IST
Mortar fire kills 11 including aid workers in Iraq's Mosul: UN
"Within the last 48 hours, there have been two separate incidents" that also wounded up to 40 people, ise Grande, UN humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, said.
Dec 22, 2016, 18:05 PM IST
Islamic State: The end is near...is it?
The Islamic State group has apparently signaled to its fighters that they are on the losing side in an international war against terror that has seen months of bloody territorial battles in Iraq an
Dec 21, 2016, 17:58 PM IST
Islamic State fighters targeting civilians in Mosul as they retreat, says HRW
Islamic State militants in Mosul are deliberately targeting civilians who refuse to join them as they retreat ahead of advancing Iraqi forces involved in a large-scale government operation to retake the militant-held city, an international watchdog said today.
Dec 21, 2016, 15:11 PM IST
Islamic State group attacks in Iraq's Mosul, 24 citizens killed
At least 24 people were killed in an attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday.
Dec 03, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
500,000 civilians in Mosul face `catastrophic' water shortages: UN
Operations to retake Iraq`s second city have damaged water pipes in recent days and residents in east Mosul say they have resorted to pumping water from wells.
Iraqi forces gain ground against IS in Mosul
The number of districts that have been completely freed by the CTS commandos reached so far 23, Xinhua news agency cited the statement.
Nov 29, 2016, 06:49 AM IST
Iraqi forces say 1,000 Islamic State fighters killed in Mosul
Six weeks into a major offensive, Iraqi forces have captured nearly half of eastern Mosul, moving from district to district against jihadist snipers, suicide attackers and car bombs.
Nov 28, 2016, 18:49 PM IST
Syria forces take third of rebel-held Aleppo, nearly 1,000 civilians flee
Government forces have retaken a third of rebel-held territory in Aleppo, forcing nearly 10,000 civilians to flee as they pressed their offensive to retake Syria's second city.
Nov 28, 2016, 13:11 PM IST
Sixteen Iraqi civilians killed in eastern Mosul in ISIS mortar attack
Iraqi military and hospital officials say mortar rounds fired by Islamic State militants have killed 16 civilians in neighbourhoods already retaken by troops.
Nov 26, 2016, 18:04 PM IST
Islamic State beheads 15 Iraqi soldiers in Mosul
Islamic State jihadists have publicly beheaded 15 Iraqi soldiers in central Mosul and paraded their corpses along the embattled city's major thoroughfares, local news site Ara News reported on Wednesday.
Nov 24, 2016, 06:37 AM IST
Iraqi troops, paramilitary forces entirely encircle Mosul
The Iraqi security forces and allied paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, on Wednesday completely encircled the city of Mosul, while the troops continued operations to clear the Islamic State (IS) militants in and out of Mosul over a month after a major offensive was launched, the Iraqi military said.
Nov 24, 2016, 06:30 AM IST
Iraqi civilians flee as paramilitary groups close in on flashpoint town west of Mosul
Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shi`ite paramilitary groups close in the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group`s self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
Nov 23, 2016, 20:29 PM IST
US airstrikes top 1,000 against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
One after another, fighter jets catapult from the flight deck of the USS Eisenhower, a thousand-foot American aircraft carrier, afterburners glowing amber above the blue Persian Gulf, on their way northwest to join the fight in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group.
Nov 23, 2016, 14:08 PM IST
Iraq Shi'ite paramilitaries close to cutting Mosul supply route
Cutting the western road to Tal Afar would seal off Mosul as the city is already surrounded to the north, south and east by Iraqi government and Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
Nov 21, 2016, 15:14 PM IST
Iraqi forces recapture parts of areas in Mosul
Iraqi security forces on Saturday recaptured a town and two villages in south of the city of Mosul, while special forces fought heavy clashes with Islamic State (IS) terrorists as they pushed deeper into the eastern part of the city, a security source said.
Nov 20, 2016, 03:32 AM IST
Mosul mechanics fight IS with wrenches
They are armed with wrenches instead of rifles and are rarely found on the front lines, but Mosul`s mechanics say they are indispensable to the fight against the Islamic State group.
Nov 18, 2016, 16:26 PM IST
