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 ...
National Security Adviser in the Iraqi government and President of Popular Mobilization Forces, Faleh al-Fayyad, revealed on Saturday that Iraqi forces might move to Syria after the liberation of Mosul city with the aim “to chase the ISIL group,” in reference to the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the ...