What do we know about the battle for Mosul?
The offensive to retake Mosul, the second city and the Islamic State group’s last bastion in the country, is Iraq’s largest military operation in years….
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Blast kills more than 50 people in Iraq – Video
In the deadliest day of terrorism in Iraq this year there were five bombings in Baghdad, with a car bomb in an auto dealership killing…
Daesh militant says he raped and killed hundreds and it was normal
Islamic State militant Amar Hussein says he reads the Koran all day in his tiny jail cell to become a better person. He also says…
US wants to send ground troops to Syria
The Pentagon is reportedly considering sending conventional ground troops into northern Syria for the first time to accelerate the fight against Isis. Only small teams…
USA confirms using depleted uranium shells in Syria
Airstrikes intended for oil cargo trucks in Daesh-held areas of Syria featured depleted uranium (DU) weaponry, Foreign Policy reports. The Air Force unleashed more than…
Palmyra gas field taken from Islamic State
The Syrian army on Tuesday took back control of a large gas field roughly 40 km west of Palmyra, the city controlled by ISIS that…
Northwest Syria: Jihadist rebel groups clash
Syrian jihadists seen as close to Islamic State battled a rival hardline Islamist faction on Monday in northwestern Syria, a war monitor and an official…
Turkmen of Iraq mobilise for a future after Daesh – Video
When Islamic State fighters (ISIL, also known as ISIS) captured Kirkuk last October, hundreds of people poured on to the streets to help security forces…
Video of Russian drone: Palmyra destruction by Islamic State
Russia’s Defense Ministry published a video on Monday that shows some of the most precious relics of Syria’s ancient Palmyra city devastated by Islamic State (Daesh) militants. “The Defense…
Assad welcomes US troops in Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview released on Friday that the United States is welcome to join the battle against “terrorists” in Syria…