Leader of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group Abu Bakr Baghdadi is still hiding in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Fuad Hussein, chief of staff to Iraqi Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani, said. “Baghdadi is there and, if he is killed, it will mean ...
Iraqi forces fought their way into terrorist-held north of Mosul, the military said, as a top commander declared the “true liberation” of the city from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group had begun. Just over two weeks into the massive offensive to retake Mosul, ...