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Mosul Residents Say ISIL Forcibly Gathering Civilians

ISIL group is forcibly gathering people in and around Mosul for possible use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces, residents said Wednesday, confirming UN fears. ISIL overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground, and Mosul is the last ...

November 2, 2016

Middle East

Iraqi troops preparing to storm ISIL strongholds in Mosul

Advancing Iraqi Forces near Mosul City Limits

Iraqi special forces neared the eastern city limits of Mosul on Monday, tightening the noose as the offensive to retake the ISIL group stronghold entered its third week. Forces from the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) faced mortar fire as they pushed from the Christian town of Bartalla towards Mosul’s eastern ...

October 31, 2016

Middle East

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini.

Iran’s Rouhani Warns of ‘Terror’ Spreading to North Africa

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned against the threat of “terrorist governments” being established in North Africa as violence spreads from Syria and Iraq, as he met Saturday with EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini. “The terrorist actions in Syria and Iraq are a serious threat to the world. If there is ...

October 29, 2016

Middle East

Iraq Says Foiled ISIL Attack on Ramadi

Iraqi officials said Saturday that the security forces foiled an attack by ‘jihadists’ of the ISIL group on the city of Ramadi, capital of the western province of Anbar. The reported thwarted attack led to 11 arrests and comes after a string of diversionary attacks by the ‘jihadists’ since the ...

October 29, 2016

Middle East

Iraq Popular Forces Launch Operation to Cut Mosul off from Syria

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) launched an operation Saturday to retake the town of Tal Afar from the ISIL group and cut ‘jihadist’ supply lines from Mosul to Syria, a spokesman said. “The operation aims to cut supplies between Mosul and Raqa and tighten the siege of (ISIL) in Mosul ...

October 29, 2016

World

UN Says Wave of ISIL Atrocities Reported near Mosul

The UN said Tuesday it had received reports of dozens of execution-type killings by the ISIL group, including the slaying of 50 former police officers, as Iraqi troops close in on Mosul. The allegations — which remain “preliminary” — have come from a range of civilian and government sources, who ...

October 25, 2016

Middle East

Turkey May Launch Ground Operation in Iraq if Threatened: FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday Ankara could launch a ground operation in Iraq to remove any ‘threats’ to Turkey that may arise. “If there is a threat posed to Turkey, we are ready to use all our resources including a ground operation… to eliminate that threat,” Cavusoglu said ...

October 25, 2016

Middle East

Iraq Fully Retakes Town Attacked by ISIL

Iraqi security forces on Tuesday regained full control of a western town that was attacked by ISIL group militants two days earlier, officials said. Seeking to draw attention away from an offensive to retake the city of Mosul, ISIL struck the town of Rutba in the country’s west and Kirkuk ...

October 25, 2016

Middle East

Attack in Iraq’s Kirkuk over, 74 ISIL Terrorists Dead: Governor

Iraqi security forces on Monday ended an attack by the ISIL group in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 ‘jihadists’ in three days of clashes, the provincial governor said. “The attack is over and life has returned to normal,” Najmeddin Karim, the governor of Kirkuk province, told AFP. “The security ...

October 24, 2016

Middle East

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi

Iran: Participating in Mosul Liberation Requires Baghdad Permission

Iranian Foreign ministry spokesperson has told a press conference fighting terrorism should not provide pretexts to violate territorial integrity of a country. Mr. Bahram Ghasemi told reporters on Monday that in Mosul liberation, no country should participate without permissions of the Iraqi government. He was responding to Turkey’s insistence that ...

October 24, 2016