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

Two senior ISIL commanders killed in Iraq air strike

WorldJuly 02, 2016

Displaced Iraqis from the city of Fallujah rest at a safe zone on June 17, 2016 after they were evacuated by Iraqi government forces due to continuing fighting to retake the city from ISIL. Moadh Al-Dulaimi / Agence France-Presse

As Iraqi forces clear mines in Fallujah, eyes now turn to liberating Mosul

WorldJune 18, 2016

Iraqi forces advance during a military operation in western Fallujah city, west of Iraq, on June 11, 2016. On June 12, the Iraqi military launched edged closer to Erbil, placing ISIL under renewed pressure as it defends its territories in Fallujah, Raqqa and Manbij. Nawras Aamer/EPA

Iraqi army launches fresh offensive against ISIL-held Mosul

WorldJune 12, 2016

ISIL bombers have wrought havoc in Tartus, normally a relatively safe Alawite area. ISANA via AP

ISIL still isn’t defeated, but what happens next?

OpinionMay 26, 2016

A migrant’s journey: The story behind the face

WorldApril 25, 2016

A refugee’s journey: The story behind the face

WorldApril 25, 2016

Iraqi army Humvees roll towards Nasr in a futile attempt to wrest control of the village from ISIL. Florian Neuhof for The National

Tentative push for Mosul reveals Iraq army’s failings

WorldMarch 28, 2016

The Mosul dam was built by Saddam Hussein in 1986 in a manner than requires constant maintenance to ensure its structural integrity. Florian Neuhof / The National

Time to prevent a flood in Iraq

OpinionMarch 27, 2016

Forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al Assad gather at a palace complex on the western edge of Palmyra on March 24, 2016. Reuters / SANA

ISIL defeats bolster our will

OpinionMarch 26, 2016

A file photo of an Iraqi refugee man who left his hometown of Mosul walking towards Erbil. The Iraqi military and militia forces on March 24, 2016 began an operation to retake Mosul from ISIL extremists. AP Photo

Iraqi army begins offensive to retake ISIL-held Mosul

WorldMarch 24, 2016

Iraqi forces push to retake area north of Baghdad as ISIL kills 21

WorldMarch 01, 2016

John Akomfrah’s newest series of films are being screened at London’s Lisson Gallery and Bristol’s Arnolfini Gallery. Larry Busacca / Getty Images

John Akomfrah’s new series of films take on the horrors and history of forced human migration

February 25, 2016

Iraqi Kurdish troops rescue Swedish teen from ISIL

WorldFebruary 23, 2016

People shopping at a market in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq in July 2014. ISIL has introduced new draconian laws in a bid to find new methods to get money out of the residents of Mosul. AP Photo, File photo

Inside Mosul, ISIL finds new ways to extort residents

WorldFebruary 21, 2016

Kurdish Peshmerga walk to the frontline in Shandoukhah in northern Iraq as Iraqi Kurdish fighters retake territory from ISIL militants. The Iraqi military has deployed thousands of soldiers in northern Iraq as it prepares to recapture Mosul from ISIL's hands. AP Photo/Vivian Salama

Iraq deploys thousands of troops to retake Mosul

WorldFebruary 08, 2016

In this December 19, 2015 photo suspects murderers and thieves in the police custody at police headquarters in Basra, 50 kilometres southeast of Baghdad. Nabil Al Jurani / AP Photo

Fear has become a fact of life in Basra

WorldJanuary 09, 2016

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