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  In Mosul, hunger grows amid slow advances against ISIS

  World | May 06, 2017 17:08 IST

  As Iraqi forces continue to make slow progress in the fight against ISIS, clawing back territory house by house and block by block, food supplies are running dangerously low for civilians trapped inside militant-held territory.

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  Islamic State-held Mosul completely surrounded, terrorists 'trapped'

  World | March 13, 2017 8:14 IST

  Islamic State terrorists are completely trapped as the remaining western neighborhoods of the city held by the terror group are now completely surrounded, a senior coalition official said.

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  IS chief Baghdadi 'abandons' Mosul as Iraqi forces advance

  World | March 09, 2017 23:57 IST

  The Islamic State terror organisation chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to continue the battle. With Iraqi troops making steady progress in their assault to retake Mosul

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  250,000 people could be displaced from western Mosul: UN

  World | February 22, 2017 7:14 IST

  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that up to a quarter of a million people could flee western Mosul, as the Iraqi army carries out its offensive to retake it from the Islamic State terror organization.

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  After 2-week lull, Iraqi troops resume Mosul offensive against Islamic State

  World | December 30, 2016 13:20 IST

  Iraqi troops on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State and pushed deeper into eastern Mosul in a multi-pronged assault after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the IS-held

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  Mosul Battle: Iraqi troops, paramilitary forces entirely encircle IS stronghold

  World | November 24, 2016 6:58 IST

  The Iraqi security forces and allied paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, on Wednesday said they have completely encircled the city of Mosul,effectively encircling the city controlled by Islamic State. The predominantly Shiite Hashd Shaabi

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  ‘ISIS on the verge of extinction, Mosul to be liberated by end of 2016’

  World | November 11, 2016 12:28 IST

  ​Alaa Al Hashimy, Iraqi ambassador to Spain, has claimed that the Islamic State (ISIS) is almost finished and that its stronghold of Mosul will be liberated by the end of this year.

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  Iraqi troops discover mass grave near IS-held Mosul; experts begin probe

  World | November 08, 2016 19:48 IST

  Iraqi troops advancing into Islamic State-held territory near the city of Mosul discovered a mass grave on Monday, following which a team of Iraqi investigators today began probe into the site. The chilling find was

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  Iraqi forces flays IS resistance to enter outskirts of Mosul, combat likely to get deadlier

  World | November 02, 2016 7:45 IST

  Iraq's special forces fought their way into the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday, taking its state television building despite resistance by Islamic State group fighters that is only likely to stiffen when combat reaches the

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  Cowardly ISIS fighters flee Mosul dressed in women’s clothes

  World | October 21, 2016 15:41 IST

  ISIS fighters, who often boast of their fearlessness and bravery, have been thoroughly exposed after they were caught fleeing Mosul wearing women’s clothing.

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  Iraq-US jointly launch military operation to recapture Mosul from IS

  World | October 17, 2016 14:48 IST

  An Iraqi military operation, backed by air and ground support from the U.S, was launched on early Monday morning to recapture the Mosul from Islamic State (IS) terror group.

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  100,000 displaced as Iraqi forces poise for mosul battle: UN

  World | August 12, 2016 18:04 IST

  The UN refugee agency has claimed that more than 1 lakh people have been displaced as Iraqi forces prepare to take on the Islamic State (IS) in Mosul.

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  Iraqi forces close to free 2 IS-held towns in south of Mosul

  World | July 15, 2016 7:16 IST

  Baghdad: Iraqi security forces on Thursday were making palns to free two towns from the Islamic State (IS) militants in south of the IS stronghold in Mosul. As per security sources, a senior IS leader

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  Islamic State says 'minister of war' Omar the Chechen is dead

  World | July 14, 2016 7:02 IST

  Baghdad: Abu Omar al-Shishani,regarded by the Pentagon as Islamic State’s “minister of war”, was killed in a US strike in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul, confirmed a news agency linked to the

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  Iraq launches offensive to recapture Islamic State-held Mosul

  World | March 24, 2016 16:40 IST

  Iraq launches offensive to recapture Islamic State-held Mosul

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  Islamic State executes 300 civil servants in Mosul

  World | August 09, 2015 17:21 IST

  Mosul: A firing squad of the Islamic State terrorist group on Saturday executed at least 300 civil servants who worked for the Iraqi Supreme Electoral Commission at a military camp in Iraqi city of Mosul,

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  Massive push against IS in Mosul likely in April

  World | February 20, 2015 14:05 IST

  Washington: A massive ground offensive involving 20,000 to 25,000 troops may be launched by the Iraqi forces as early as April to retake Iraq's second largest city of Mosul from the Sunni radical group Islamic

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  Islamic State destroys ancient religious sites in Mosul

  World | February 09, 2015 6:39 IST

  Baghdad: The militants of Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) over the past few days have been looting and destroying ancient religious sites in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a government official said Sunday.The

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  IS militants bomb homes of military and police in Iraq

  World | December 12, 2014 7:24 IST

  Baghdad: Islamic State (IS) militants blew up the homes of Iraqi military and police personnel as well as members of the Shabak religious minority Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.A spokesman for the

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  Sushma Swaraj meets families of 40 Indians held captive in Iraq

  Politics | December 05, 2014 22:36 IST

  New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met the families of 40 Indians held captive in strife-torn Iraq for last six months, assuring them that, as per government's information, the nationals were alive and