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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

          Idriss Al Rifai, the founder of Fetchr, has big ambitions for his company. Satish Kumar / The National

          Fetchr owner has dream of creating new verb

          EconomySeptember 03, 2017
          ISIL leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi delivers a sermon at Mosul's Grand Al Nuri Mosque in July 2014, days after the Iraqi city was captured by his extremist group. Militant video via AP

          ISIL leader Al Baghdadi probably "still alive" says top US commander

          September 01, 2017
          Iraqi prime minister Haider Al Abadi announces the start of military operations to retake Tal Afar on August 20, 2017. Less than two weeks later he declared Tal Afar city and district liberated from ISIL along with the rest of Nineveh province. Iraqi Prime Minister's Press Office / AFP

          Iraqi prime minister announces full liberation of Nineveh from ISIL

          August 31, 2017
          Smoke billows from Al Ayadiya, north of Tal Afar, as Iraqi forces advance on August 28, 2017 during the ongoing operation to retake the town from ISIL. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP

          Iraq PM congratulates military for 'overwhelming victory' in Tal Afar

          August 30, 2017
          A woman puts her finger print on a marriage certificate issued by a mobile court in Hassansham Camp in Iraq on July 6, 2017. Florian Neuhof / The National

          Iraqi couples seek official status from mobile courtroom

          August 26, 2017

          UAE reaffirms support to Iraq in its fight against terrorism

          UAEAugust 25, 2017
          US army Colonel Ryan Dillon, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), speaks during a joint press conference with Iraqi military spokesman General Yahya Rasool at the ministry of defence in Baghdad on August 24, 2017. Karim Kadim / AP

          Tal Afar battle: ISIL fighters are besieged and end is near

          August 24, 2017
          Baghdad's North Gate Cemetery where 7,000 casualties of the First World War are commemorated. Andrew Henderson / The National

          History is not a subjective narrative to be manipulated by those who shout loudest

          OpinionAugust 24, 2017
          Al Qaeda's potential to rise again from ISIL's ashes cannot be impeded in Syria, and in Iraq before it, with mere military gains. Ahmad Al Rubaya / AFP

          What ISIL's rise tells us about Al Qaeda's potential in Syria today

          OpinionAugust 24, 2017
          The boy speaks from Raqqa, the ISIL stronghold, under assault from Syrian opposition forces. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

          American boy threatens president in ISIL video

          August 24, 2017
          Smoke billows as Iraqi government forces supported by fighters from the Abbas Brigade, which fights under the umbrella of the Shiite popular mobilisation units, advance towards the city of Tal Afar, the remaining stronghold of ISIL, after the government announced the beginning of an operation to retake it from the extremists on August 20, 2017. Mohammed Sawaf/AFP Photo

          The battle for Tal Afar and why Shiite militias are involved

          August 21, 2017
          Lebanese soldiers wave Lebanese and Spanish flags to show their solidarity with Spain after the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, on Mkheirameh Mountain, that was captured from ISIL, in north-eastern Lebanon. Lebanese Army Website via AP

          Only unity will defeat ISIL in all its forms

          OpinionAugust 21, 2017
          Fighters from the Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries advance towards the city of Tal Afar, the main remaining stronghold of ISIL on August 20, 2017, after the government announced the beginning of an operation to retake the city.Ahmad Al Rubaye/AFP Photo

          Iraq begins ground attacks on ISIL in Tal Afar

          August 20, 2017
          A man lies on the pavement near the cafe "A la Bonne Biere" in Paris, on November 13, 2015, following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris which left more than 120 people dead. The US state department have placed the man suspected of being the mastermind behind the attack on a terror list. Anthony Dorfmann / AFP The

          US puts Paris and Brussels bomb suspect on terror list

          The AmericasAugust 17, 2017
          Members of Iraqi Shiite militia Imam Ali Brigades, part of the Shiite Popular Mobilisation Forces, take a break during a live ammunition training exercise in Najaf city, southern Iraq, on August 14, 2017. EPA

          Iraqi air forces start offensive to retake Tal Afar from ISIL

          August 15, 2017
          Iraq's prime minister Haider Al Abadi called on countries in the region to unite against terrorism. AFP

          Iraq and Bahrain declare united front against terrorism

          August 13, 2017
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