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The US-led coalition’s bombing campaign is responsible for most civilian deaths inside ISIS-controlled Raqqa, a local journalist told RT, providing a rare look inside the devastated city, where the UN says residents are paying an “unacceptable” price. SDF militants, supported by the US-led coalition, launched the offensive in Raqqa province in November last year. In […]
Published time: 20 Aug, 2017 00:39 Edited time: 20 Aug, 2017 01:06 Iraq’s military have launched an operation to liberate the city of Tal Afar, some 80 kilometers west of Mosul, from Islamic State terrorists, the country’s prime minister has announced. “You either surrender, or die,” PM Haider al-Abadi said in a televised address, as […]
Thomson Reuters MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — As airstrikes pound the last pockets of territory held by the Islamic State group in Mosul Sunday, hundreds of civilians are fleeing, many so badly injured they had to be carried over the mounds of rubble clogging the Old city’s narrow streets. The civilians — mostly women and children […]
Iraqi troops have moved into west Mosul’s Old City, Islamic State’s last hub in the city, where the UN estimates some 150,000 civilians are trapped. Iraqi special forces, as well as the regular army and Federal Police, are participating in the operation that began on Sunday, according to Lieutenant General Abdul-Amir Rasheed Yar Allah, as […]
Published time: 6 Jun, 2017 01:40 Minors have been used as human shields and forced to fight on behalf of Islamic State terrorists as some 100,000 children remain trapped in “extremely dangerous” conditions in and around the last ISIS-controlled section of Mosul, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed. “An estimated 100,000 girls and […]
A rift has opened up between NATO allies US and Turkey over the part Syrian Kurdish forces should play in the liberation of Raqqa from Islamic State terrorists as Ankara has openly rejected taking part in any operation that would involve the Kurds. Turkey has “set out a model” for successfully fighting against jihadists in […]
Thomson Reuters MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces attempted to encircle Mosul’s Old City on Thursday in a bid to bottle up Islamic State fighters holding out there, but progress was slowed by car bombs and booby-traps in houses and alleyways, officers said. The army and security forces have made significant gains in recent […]
US-backed Iraqi troops have launched a renewed push towards the Mosul city center, which has been held by Islamic State militants, the Iraqi military said, as cited by Reuters. Earlier UN data showed that 750,000 people may be trapped in the city. Iraqi forces are advancing from the south and the southwest towards the old […]
