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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

          US Brig Gen Rick Uribe talking to reporters in Baghdad's joint operations centre on October 26, 2016. As Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga units close in on Mosul, US military officials offered a quick glimpse of the facility to highlight how coalition intelligence and air power is helping the Iraqis push ISIL from Iraq. Thomas Watkins / AFP

          Inside the US-led coalition war on ISIL

          WorldOctober 27, 2016
          A member of Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces arrests a suspected member of ISIL in the village of Tob Zawa, about 9 kilometres from Mosul, Iraq on October 25, 2016. Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo

          ISIL extremists ‘shave beards’ as pressure builds on Mosul

          WorldOctober 27, 2016
          Father Amar and Father Majid erect a cross – with the help of Christian militiamen – on the roof of the heavily damaged Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, on October 25, 2016. Florian Neuhof for The National

          Iraqi priests resurrect cross in Christian town nearly recaptured from ISIL

          WorldOctober 26, 2016
          Thousands of people have been displaced by the ongoing operation against ISIL. Bulent Kilik / AFP

          What lies ahead when ISIL is finally defeated?

          OpinionOctober 25, 2016
          Shiite fighters from the Hashed Al Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Forces, arrive at an area south of Mosul on October 22, 2016. Ahmad Al Rubaye/AFP

          Iraq’s Shiite militias ordered to cut ISIL off from Syria, says spokesman

          WorldOctober 25, 2016
          Peshmerga forces fire a mortar towards ISIL positions in the town of Naweran near Bashiqa and Mosul on October 23, 2016. Azad Lashkari/Reuters

          Kurdish fighters ‘recapture’ ISIL-held town of Bashiqa

          WorldOctober 24, 2016
          A displaced woman shows her refugee identification paper as she complains about the lack of food supplies outside a processing centre as smoke from burning oil refinery blanketed Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq October 23, 2016. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

          On Syria border, Mosul refugees trapped under ISIL fire

          WorldOctober 24, 2016
          Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces prepare to attack ISIL positions in the village of Tob Zawa, outside Mosul, on October 24, 2016. Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo

          ISIL steps up attacks across Iraq to relieve pressure on Mosul

          WorldOctober 24, 2016

          Global Talk: On the front line of the Mosul offensive

          The NationalOctober 24, 2016
          Thick black cloud hovers over the desert as an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS fighters ahead of the Mosul offensive burns on October 21, 2016 in Qayyarah, Iraq. Carl Court/Getty Images

          Battle for Mosul will be won by hand-to-hand fighting, warns Kurdish ministe

          WorldOctober 23, 2016
          Former senior US general John Allen served as president Barack Obama's first special envoy to the coalition fighting ISIL. Robyn Beck/AFP Photo

          Former US general calls for Marshall Plan for the Middle East

          WorldOctober 23, 2016
          Peshmerga forces prepare to launch a mortar during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in the town of Naweran near Mosul. Azad Lashkari / Reuters

          The dangers of a protracted battle to retake Mosul

          OpinionOctober 23, 2016
          An injured Kurdish man walks at a site of an attack by ISIL militants in Kirkuk, Iraq. Ako Rasheed / Reuters

          ISIL militants attack Iraq’s Kirkuk in Mosul diversion

          WorldOctober 21, 2016
          Iraqis flee home as battle for Mosul gathers pace - video

          Iraqis flee home as battle for Mosul gathers pace - video

          WorldOctober 20, 2016
          Smoke rises from ISIL positions in the Mosul area after an airstrike by the US-led coalition fighting the extremists on October 18, 2016. AP Photo

          On Mosul’s eerily quiet streets, residents prepare for the storm to come

          WorldOctober 19, 2016
          Iraqi forces deploy in the Bajwaniyah village, about 30 kms south of Mosul, on October 18, 2016 after they liberated it from ISIL. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP

          Aleppo and Mosul: a tale of two cities and diverging fates

          OpinionOctober 19, 2016
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