Mosul- ISIS has lost the 17th of July neighborhood, an important bastion in West Mosul, after Iraqi forces launched a new push from several directions to drive the militants from the city’s last pocket controlled by jihadists. Now, the area controlled by the terrorist organization is no more than 7
Mosul – ISIS members have started fleeing northern and western sides of Mosul towards regions ruled by them in the Old City, making use of its narrow streets, security sources revealed. Sources added that Iraqi security forces liberated on Wednesday new neighborhoods and raided others in the w
Mosul- Iraqi forces tightened the noose on ISIS militants in western Mosul on Tuesday after one day at a time being able to shrink the group’s areas of control in the city. As their last choice, ISIS militants now resort to suicide car bombs and booby-trapped tires to stop the advancement of Iraqi s
Erbil – For over three years, the Kurdistan region has been suffering from an economic crisis driven by the Baghdad-led embargo, drop in oil prices, war against ISIS and the increase of Iraqi refugees. Yet, its tourism sector has started to recover, said the General Board of Tourism of Kurdistan. La
Erbil– A team of advisors from the US, British and German ministries of defense, in cooperation with the government in Kurdistan, are seeking to establish a unified and developed Kurdish military force within the ranks of the Peshmerga. A statement issued on Sunday by the Kurdistan Regional Governme
Mosul – Iraqi forces opened on Thursday a new front as part of their battle to liberate the city of Mosul from ISIS militants, who tightened their grip on civilians now trapped in the areas controlled by the organization. An officer in the Iraqi army, lieutenant Mohammed al-Shamri told Asharq
Mosul – ISIS executed 12 of its foreign and non-Iraqi Arab militants on the right side of Mosul, including prominent commanders accused of espionage for the Iraqi government and coalition forces, according to a Kurdish official. Media official of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Gaith Surji said that IS
Irbil – The Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards is active in Mosul through dozens of military and political premises established in the western side of the city under the wings of the Popular Mobilization Forces, informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday. Sheikh Muzahim Huwet, the
Mosul – Iraqi forces, backed by airstrikes by the international coalition and Iraqi air force, opened a new front in the battle for the city of Mosul. An officer in the Iraqi army, who chose to remain anonymous, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the new front has been opened west of the city. The forces are
Mosul – Civilians besieged in Mosul are reporting the city reeking of smell of corpses of citizens who died out of hunger, while the Security and Defense Committee of Nineveh Council announced that the battle to liberate Tal Afar, al-Hadar, al-Bajaaj, and other cities will begin as soon as the liber
Irbil – A delegation from the Iraq’s Sadr Movement kicked off on Saturday an official visit to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Headed by Ahmed al-Sadr, son of the movement’s leader Moqtada, the delegation was welcomed in Irbil by President Masoud al-Barzani. The president’s media officer Kifah Mahmoud t
Irbil – President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani announced on Thursday that Kurdish political powers are working on reaching an agreement to organize the area’s independence referendum. He said during a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel in Irbil that th
Mosul – Iraqi security forces killed a number of ISIS’ top commanders including Abu Baker al-Baghdadi’s aide, whereas six citizens were injured during an ISIS attack on the Algerian neighborhood, in east Mosul’s center. Chief of the Iraqi Federal Police Lieutenant General Raed Shaker Jawdat sa
Mosul – Iraqi forces made advances in their fight against the ISIS extremist group in the Old City of Mosul with drones being used to direct strikes against militants and as the US-backed offensive to capture the city entered its seventh month. A Reuters correspondent saw thick smoke billowing over
Mosul – Iraqi forces launched a new attack on ISIS in Mosul’s Old City on Sunday, military officials said, trying to break the stalemate in attempts to seize the militants’ last stronghold. The advance has hardly moved for more than a month, though, as the militants are holding out
Mosul- Iraq’s Federal Police announced on Thursday destroying an ISIS stronghold based in central Mosul, while the terror organization tightened its siege over civilians trapped in the areas under its control. ISIS has a long history of using civilians as human shields to slow the advance of Iraqi f
