Iraq’s volunteer forces, Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), announced on Friday the start of the fifth phase of operation to liberate western Mosul. In a statement, the PMF said this stage is aimed at liberating towns near to Tal Afar from ISIL Takfiri terrorists. The statement added that the volunteer forces ...
A suicide bombing claimed by the ISIL group killed at least 70 people, mainly pilgrims, south of Baghdad Thursday, in the latest ‘jihadist’ attack as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul. The huge truck bomb blast ripped through a petrol station where buses packed with faithful returning from the Arbaeen ...