What Would the Fall of Mosul, Raqqa Mean for ISIS? As Islamic State's control over its strongholds in Iraq and Syria crumble, the extremist group acknowledges that soon not much may be left of its ...

Interestingly, there is one key throughline connecting the fall of Mosul (Iraq), Kabul (Afghanistan), and Damascus (Syria) — all three were held by conscript armies that were fed, equipped ...

Securing Mosul and deconstructing its Daesh garrison ... Consequently, the majority of urban CAS missions will fall into the category of troops in contact or danger close.’” ...

Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters, more than a hundred villages have been liberated. But the battle for Mosul continues.

She covered the fall of Mosul to ISIS in 2014 and documented the harrowing tales of the Yazidi women who were kidnapped and enslaved by the group. Her coverage also included stories of human ...

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In part, the decision to move soon is a function of seasonal necessity: By early May, temperatures in Mosul will be pushing above 90 degrees. Fighting ISIS fanatics in Mosul’s dense urban ...

Iraqi police trainees at the at the al Furat Iraqi Police Training Center. Photo: Herald Post, Flickr. In the aftermath of the fall of Mosul to ISIS in June 2014 and following a fatwa issued by Grand ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- A suicide bomb was detonated near a coffee shop in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday, killing at least six people, an Interior Ministry official said. The U.S ...

For the children of Mosul, life took a darker turn when IS took over – as Hussein discovered one terrible day at school. On the last day of his short life, 10-year-old Sami* had something ...