United States probe finds over 100 civilians killed in Mosul air strike
A Pentagon investigation has concluded that at least 105 civilians died in an anti-IS strike in the Iraqi city of Mosul in March.
May 26, 2017, 21:49 PM IST
US military acknowledges over 100 civilians died in Mosul strike in March
A U.S. military investigation on Thursday acknowledged that more than 100 civilians were killed in a U.S. air strike on a building in the Iraqi city of Mosul in March during operations against Islamic State militants.
May 25, 2017, 22:44 PM IST
Twin suicide blasts rock Iraq's Baghdad; 18 killed, 20 wounded
At least 18 persons were killed and 20 wounded in two suicide car bombings that targeted the Iraqi police in Baghdad, an official said on Saturday.
May 20, 2017, 13:58 PM IST
United Nations says struggling to cope with Mosul exodus
The exodus of civilians from the battleground city of Mosul has reached an unprecedented level, leaving aid agencies struggling to cope, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Iraq said today.
May 18, 2017, 19:38 PM IST
Car bomb hits camp for displaced Syrians near Jordan border: Monitor
A car bomb exploded in Syria's sprawling Rukban refugee camp near the border with Jordan on Wednesday causing injuries, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and two rebel sources said.
May 17, 2017, 18:10 PM IST
Iraq says battle for Mosul nearly won as forces close in on Old City
A spokesman for the US-led coalition backing Iraqi forces said the enemy was completely surrounded in the city and its fighters and resources were being destroyed.
May 16, 2017, 14:54 PM IST
Militants kill two Iraqi police in anti-ISIS stronghold Haditha
Militants killed two police Monday in Haditha in a rare attack inside a town west of Baghdad that tribesmen and security forces successfully defended against repeated jihadist assaults, officials said.
May 15, 2017, 14:31 PM IST
Turkish President Erdogan visits White House, amid much friction between US, Turkey
The United States is on a collision course with its NATO ally Turkey, pushing ahead with arming Syrian Kurds after deciding the immediate objective of defeating Islamic State militants outweighs the potential damage to a partnership vital to US interests in the volatile Middle East.
May 15, 2017, 14:28 PM IST
Syrian army retakes most of rebel-held district on edge of Damascus
The Syrian army and its allies are on the verge of completely seizing the rebel-held district of Qaboun on the edge of the capital Damascus following over two months of aerial strikes and artillery shelling, rebels and state media said on Sunday.
May 14, 2017, 14:08 PM IST
Over 145 civilians executed for trying to flee Iraq's Mosul
The Islamic State (IS) terror organisation has executed more than 145 civilians for trying to flee the western part of the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to a top security official.
May 14, 2017, 10:04 AM IST
Islamic State mounts fierce resistance on new Mosul front
Iraqi forces faced stiff resistance from Islamic State in northwest Mosul on Sunday after opening a new front against the militants there in a push to rout them from the city after seven months of fighting.
May 07, 2017, 17:40 PM IST
Nine security officials killed in car bomb attacks in Mosul
At least nine security officials were killed and three others injured on Saturday in car bomb attacks claimed by ISIS or Daesh in Iraq's Mosul.
May 07, 2017, 09:08 AM IST
Iraqi forces gain foothold in northwest Mosul after surprise new push
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 Islamic State.
May 05, 2017, 16:40 PM IST
Iraqi troops capture largest neighbourhood in western Mosul
Iraqi troops today drove out Islamic State militants from the largest neighbourhood in the western half of the city of Mosul, a senior military commander said, a major development in the months-long fight to recapture the country's second-largest city.
Apr 25, 2017, 16:52 PM IST
Hundreds flee Mosul fighting as others return to former IS areas
Heavy two-way traffic of carts carrying children, clothes, and the elderly crowded the main Baghdad-Mosul road on Sunday as hundreds of Iraqis fled heavy fighting or made their way back to areas seized back from Islamic State.
Apr 24, 2017, 14:47 PM IST
Hundreds more join Mosul exodus as Iraqi forces retake two more western districts
Pushing carts loaded with bags, babies and the elderly, hundreds of people fled Mosul on Saturday after Iraqi forces retook two more districts in the west of the city from Islamic State.
Apr 22, 2017, 16:59 PM IST
60 Islamic State militants killed in Iraq's Mosul
Iraqi troops killed 60 Islamic State (IS) militants in Mosul, including a commander, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Apr 18, 2017, 19:44 PM IST
Mosul operation has displaced nearly half a million: UN
The six-month-old operation to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group has forced around half a million people to flee their homes, the United Nations said Monday.
Apr 17, 2017, 19:53 PM IST
IS launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul
An Iraqi military officer says Islamic State militants have launched a gas attack in a newly- liberated area in western Mosul.
Apr 15, 2017, 19:39 PM IST
Iraqis celebrate Palm Sunday near Mosul for the first time in three years
Hundreds of Christians flocked to the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh on Sunday to celebrate Palm Sunday for the first time in three years, packing into a church torched by Islamic State to take communion at its ruined altar.
Apr 09, 2017, 19:58 PM IST
