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Mosul

Latest news and stories about the Iraqi city that was once an ISIS stronghold and has been reconstructed through UAE, Unesco and EU funding

A member of the Iraqi special forces in Al Zuhoor district of east Mosul on January 9, 2017. Alaa Al Marjani / Reuters

Iraqi forces ‘days away’ from full control of eastern Mosul

WorldJanuary 10, 2017

Civilians walk past Iraqi forces as they flee Mosul's southeastern Al Mithaq neighbourhood on January 3, 2017, during an ongoing military operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. / AFP / Ahmad MOUSA

At Mosul front, Iraqis fleeing and returning cross paths

WorldJanuary 04, 2017

Hello 2017: New Year celebrations around the world – in pictures

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Hello 2017: New Year celebrations around the world – in pictures

WorldJanuary 01, 2017

The White Helmets, Syrian civil defence volunteers, rescue a boy from the rubble in Aleppo last month. Ameer Alhalbi / AFP.

2016 in review: Talk of peace but little hope of ending Syria and Iraq violence

December 29, 2016

Mosul’s last bridge disabled by airstrike

WorldDecember 28, 2016

Iraqis load a truck with their possessions at the Khazer camp for internally displaced people before returning home to Mosul on December 26, 2016. Cengiz Yar/AP Photo

ISIL’s defeat in Iraq ‘will take another three months’

WorldDecember 27, 2016

Displaced Iraqis, who fled fighting between Iraqi security forces and ISIL, walk through the mud as they bring heating fuel to their families, at a camp for internally displaced people in Khazir, near Iraq's Mosul. Hadi Mizban/AP Photo

Iraqis create market in mud of displaced camp

WorldDecember 19, 2016

More than 100,000 Iraqis displaced in Mosul operation

WorldDecember 18, 2016

The sun cuts through the smoke as workers tasked with putting out the fire in an oil well, set ablaze by ISIL, assemble a water pipeline in the town of Qayyarah, some 70km south of Mosul on November 20, 2016. Odd Andersen / AFP

Mosul battle leaving legacy of environmental damage

WorldDecember 17, 2016

Iraqi special forces are pictured during a battle with ISIL militants in Mosul's north-east Qadisiyah neighborhood on December 14, 2016. Alaa Al Marjani/Reuters

In secret phone calls, Mosul residents tell of being afraid to leave their homes

WorldDecember 14, 2016

A US soldier standing next to a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP) on the Qayyarah air base. Florian Neuhoff for The National

Inside the Qayyarah airbase, a strategic springboard in battle for Mosul

WorldDecember 08, 2016

Iraqi air strike targeting ISIL ‘killed civilians’

WorldDecember 08, 2016

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers on the main road from Erbil to Mosul, in the village of Bartala, Iraq. A senior Iraqi commander says special forces captured a new neighborhood from ISIL militants in eastern Mosul on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - the latest gain in a massive government military operation now in its seventh week. Manu Brabo / AP

Iraqi special forces capture more land in eastern Mosul

WorldDecember 07, 2016

Members of the Lions of the Tigris, a group of Sunni Arab fighters and part of the Hashed Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Comimittee) warm themselves near a fire during a pause in a military operation against ISIL in Shayyalah Al Imam, Iraq on November 30, 2016. Thaier Al Sudani / Reuters

Sunni tribesmen favour Iraqi federalism – but with new leaders

WorldDecember 01, 2016

Iraqis wait to receive food aid parcels during a government distribution in the Al Baker neighbourhood of eastern Mosul on November 30, 2016. Thomas Coex/AFP

500,000 civilians in Mosul facing catastrophic water shortages, says UN

WorldNovember 30, 2016

Iraqi special forces shoot at an ISIL drone in the neighbourhood of Kirkukli, eastern Mosul, on November 18, 2016. Screengrab from footage taken by Florian Neuhof for The National

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Iraqi special forces try to shoot down ISIL drone in east Mosul – video

WorldNovember 27, 2016

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