A mass grave containing the remains of about 100 beheaded civilians has been discovered inside the School of Agriculture on the outskirts of Hammam AL-Alil town south of Mosul city, Iraq’s military media center said in a statement Monday. “Special teams are being sent to the site to investigate this ...
A top security official said Tuesday that Kurdish forces had recaptured Bashiqa from the ISIL Takfiri group, one of final steps in securing the eastern approaches to insurgent-held Mosul. Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched an assault on Bashiqa the day before, advancing on the town from three sides as the battle ...
