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In charred church near Mosul, Iraqi Christians pray once more

EghtesadOnline: Surrounded by charred walls and in front of a ruined altar, dozens of Iraqi Christians celebrated mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh on Sunday for the first time since it was recaptured from Islamic State.
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Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 04:26

Iraqi Shi'ite commander says Mosul battle 'no picnic' as troops advance

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi troops and security forces edged closer to Mosul on two southern fronts on Sunday but a leader of the Shi'ite militias newly participating in the offensive warned that the battle for Islamic State's Iraq stronghold would be long and grueling.
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Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 17:58

Shi'ite militias launch offensive to seal off western Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Shi'ite militias launched an offensive toward the west of Mosul on Saturday, an operation that will tighten the noose around Islamic State's Iraq stronghold but has alarmed Turkey and could inflame tensions in the mainly Sunni area.
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Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 06:21

Iraqi Army Targets Site of IS Executions in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: The Iraqi Army was trying on Thursday to reach a town south of Mosul where the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has reportedly executed dozens to deter the population against any attempt to support the US-led offensive in the last major city stronghold of IS in Iraq.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 15:47

Iran-backed Shi'ite militias to join assault near Mosul on new front

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Shi'ite militias backed by Iran said on Friday they would soon join the fight against Islamic State on a new front west of Mosul, a move which could block any retreat by the jihadists into Syria but might alarm Turkey and the United States.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 05:18

Clinton slams Trump for comments on offensive against Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed rival Donald Trump on Monday for saying that the week-old effort to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the control of Islamic State was going badly.
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Publish Date:25/October/2016 | 06:17

Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold in Iraq.
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Publish Date:24/October/2016 | 08:41

Obama Expects ‘Difficult Fight’ for Islamic State-Held Mosul

EghtesadOnline: An offensive by Kurdish and Iraqi fighters to retake Mosul from Islamic State will be a “difficult fight” but will ultimately end in a victory for the Iraqi government, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 08:48

Iraq’s Mosul Offensive Risks 700,000 Residents Fleeing, UN Says

EghtesadOnline: Humanitarian-aid officials warned that as many as 700,000 of Mosul’s 1.2 million residents may flee the fighting after Iraq’s military began its long-promised offensive to retake Islamic State’s last major stronghold in the country.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 06:14

Iraqi Troops Advance on Mosul to Take Islamic State Bastion

EghtesadOnline: Iraq has launched a long-awaited offensive to retake Islamic State’s last major stronghold in the country, amid mounting concern over the fate of 1.2 million trapped city residents.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 06:09

For U.S. and Obama, Mosul campaign is calculated risk

EghtesadOnline: Iraq and the United States have launched a crucial battle to liberate the city of Mosul without determining how its volatile region will be governed once Islamic State militants are ejected, U.S. and other officials said.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 05:39

Iraqi forces push deeper into eastern Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces said they recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State bastion a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat.
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 05:13

Beyond the bluster, Baghdadi signals Islamic State’s next move

EghtesdaOnline: In the early hours of November 3, Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, released his first statement in nearly a year – a defiant message that the group will not fade away quietly, even as Iraqi special forces breached the outskirts of Mosul, the last major city in Iraq under Islamic State’s control.
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 04:49

IS leader confident in victory, in first message about Mosul battle

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence in victory, in his first message after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces started an offensive to take back Mosul, the last major city under control of his group in Iraq.
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Publish Date:03/November/2016 | 04:24
What the next president can learn from the recent approach to fighting the Islamic State.

The War for Mosul Could Mend Obama's Troubled Iraq Legacy

EghtesadOnline: The battle to liberate Mosul is grinding into its third week, with Iraqi troops on the eastern outskirts of the city, and the stakes could not be higher on all sides.
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Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 05:59

Iraqi troops battle Islamic State inside Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters on the eastern edge of Mosul on Tuesday as the two-week campaign to recapture the jihadists' last main bastion in Iraq entered a new phase of urban warfare.
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Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 05:26

Iraqi forces target Islamic State defenses on Mosul's eastern edge

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces backed by a U.S.-led air coalition targeted Islamic State defenses on the eastern edge of Mosul with artillery fire and air strikes on Tuesday, a day after fighting for the first time inside the city.
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Publish Date:01/November/2016 | 11:48