BBC News |
Mosul battle: Iraqi forces near city's eastern outskirts
BBC News Iraqi special forces are now less than 1.5km from the eastern outskirts of Mosul and are preparing to enter the city held by Islamic State fighters. Hundreds of Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) troops entered Bazwaya, the last village before the city ... |
CBS News |
Iraqi special forces poised to enter Mosul
CBS News BAZWAYA, Iraq -- Iraqi special forces stood poised to enter Mosul in an offensive to drive out Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants after sweeping into the last village on the city's eastern edge Monday while fending off suicide car bombs ... |
CNN International |
Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene
CNN International Irbil, Iraq (CNN) Video shot secretly from a car inside eastern Mosul by a resistance group gives a rare glimpse of Iraq's second largest city in recent days -- a ghost town ahead of what is sure to be a bloody battle with ISIS. As advancing Iraqi ... |
Los Angeles Times |
Iraqi forces poised to enter Mosul
Los Angeles Times The fight against Islamic State is finally coming to Mosul, Iraq. With Iraq's prime minister vowing to cut off “the head of the snake,” elite government forces were said to be less than a mile from the city's eastern limits and poised to breach that ... |
CNN |
Donald Trump, Pentagon differ on Mosul fight's success
CNN For weeks, Trump has lambasted the coalition effort to re-capture the city of Mosul from ISIS, calling the undertaking a "total disaster" and saying the US and its allies were "bogged-down" there even as defense officials say they are encouraged by the ... |
USA TODAY |
'Iraqi army saved us,' residents outside Mosul say
USA TODAY KHAZAR, Iraq — Word that the Iraqi army is nearing Mosul gave hope to traumatized refugees still covered in dust from their recent flight from the battle against the Islamic State militants. “We are proud of the Iraqi army because they saved us,” said ... |
The Nation. |
Will the Reconquest of Mosul Lead to the Breakup of Iraq?
The Nation. The optics of the Iraqi government's Mosul campaign are admitted by all but the most ardent Shiite partisans in Baghdad and Tehran to be bad. The city, once Iraq's second largest, is largely Sunni Arab, though it has longstanding Christian, Kurdish ... |
Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene
CNN International Irbil, Iraq (CNN) Video shot secretly from a car inside eastern Mosul by a resistance group gives a rare glimpse of Iraq's second largest city in recent days -- a ghost town ahead of what is sure to be a bloody battle with ISIS. As advancing Iraqi ... |
CNN |
Inside ISIS-held Mosul: Secret film shows desolate scene
CNN Irbil, Iraq (CNN) Video shot secretly from a car inside eastern Mosul by a resistance group gives a rare glimpse of Iraq's second largest city in recent days -- a ghost town ahead of what is sure to be a bloody battle with ISIS. As advancing Iraqi ... |
Joint Iraqi forces poised to enter Mosul to fight ISIL
Aljazeera.com Iraqi special forces stood poised to enter Mosul in an offensive to drive out fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group after sweeping into the last village on the city's eastern edge on Monday. The troops said they fended off suicide ... |
BBC News |
Death is near in Mosul, says IS survivor
BBC News Since the Iraqi and Kurdish armies began an operation to re-capture Mosul, some 17,000 people living in the outskirts of the city have been freed from so-called Islamic State (IS) rule. Rakan Jauid Aid, from the Nineveh province in Iraq, lived under IS ... |
USA TODAY |
US aircraft to block ISIL militants fleeing Mosul in Iraq
USA TODAY The U.S.-led coalition has developed plans to target Islamic State militants from the air if they attempt to escape the Iraqi city of Mosul and head west toward Syria, as Iraqi ground forces close in on the city from several sides, a top U.S. general ... |
Telegraph.co.uk |
Iraqi forces 'enter Mosul for the first time'
Telegraph.co.uk "The battle of Mosul will not be a picnic,” said Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Badu Organisation, a Shia militia force fighting alongside Iraqi government troops and Kurdish peshmerga forces. "We are prepared for the battle of Mosul even if it lasts for ... |
Fox News |
ISIS targets children in Mosul with teddy bear bombs
Fox News The innocent-looking toys – left scattered on the streets of Mosul – are used to trigger deadly booby traps that detonate as soon as they are picked up. Those in the Iraqi war zone say the heartless ploy is clearly intended to target children as adults ... |
Fox News |
Mosul Today: Iraqi forces take last village east of Mosul
Fox News BAGHDAD – Iraqi special forces advanced on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul from the east on Monday, taking heavy fire but seizing the last IS-held village before the city's eastern outskirts and clearing a path that was followed by army units ... |
NBCNews.com |
Battle for Mosul: Civilians Caught Between ISIS, Iraq Forces
NBCNews.com Before he fled his village south of Mosul in July, ISIS fighters decapitated his brother for passing information to the Iraqi military and shot dead his brothers' sons. His brother's widow was killed when an airstrike by Iraqi or international ... |
Fox News |
Iraqi special forces approach Mosul from east
Fox News BAZWAYA, Iraq – Iraqi special forces advanced on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul from the east on Monday, taking heavy fire but inching closer to the city's limits. Car bombers are trying to stop the advance, but the troops, just 2 miles (3 ... |
Washington Post |
Iraqi forces prepare to break into Mosul in battle against Islamic State
Washington Post MAKHMOUR, Iraq — Iraqi forces said they had reached the eastern outskirts of Mosul on Monday and were preparing to make the first break into the city, which has been held by Islamic State militants for more than two years. After an early-morning push, ... |
BBC News |
Mosul battle: Iraqi forces near city's eastern outskirts
BBC News Iraqi special forces are now less than 1.5km from the eastern outskirts of Mosul and are preparing to enter the city held by Islamic State fighters. Hundreds of Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) troops entered Bazwaya, the last village before the city ... |
Chicago Tribune |
In dawn assault, Iraqi special forces advance within 3 miles of Mosul
Chicago Tribune Car bombers are trying to stop the advance, but the troops, just 2 miles from Mosul's eastern outskirts, aim to enter it later in the day, said Brig. Gen. Haider Fadhil. The army said another unit, its ninth division, had moved up toward Mosul and was ... |
ABC News |
Iraqi Special Forces Take Village, Position on Mosul's Edge
ABC News Iraqi special forces advanced on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul from the east on Monday, taking heavy fire but seizing the last IS-held village before the city's eastern limits and clearing a path that was followed by army units. Armored vehicles ... |
