Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Friday thanked Iraq’s top Shiite cleric for his role in the war against militants, crediting him with saving the country and setting the stage for victory. Three days after Mosul fell to the ISIL in 2014, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani called on Iraqis to ...
Iraqi government forces attacked ISIL’s remaining redoubt in Mosul’s Old City on Friday, a day after formally declaring the end of the insurgents’ self-declared caliphate and the capture of the historic mosque which symbolized their power. Dozens of civilians fled in the direction of the Iraqi forces, mostly women and ...
