Mosul operation - page 2

Iran-trained militias join U.S-backed campaign on Mosul, flying Shi'ite flags

EghtesadOnline: Gun trucks and humvees streamed north on a highway heading to Mosul on Sunday flying the banners of Shi’ite militias along with Iraqi flags while blaring religious songs.

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Publish Date:31/October/2016 | 04:25

Islamic State Using Thousands of Civilians as 'Human Shields' in Mosul, UN Reports

EghtesadOnline: The Islamic State group appears to be using tens of thousands of civilians in and around Mosul as "human shields," the United Nations' human rights office said Friday.

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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 06:09

Iraq's Shi'ite militias say offensive west of Mosul imminent

EghtesadOnline: Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups are about to launch an offensive on Islamic State positions west of Mosul, assisting in the military campaign to take back the city, a spokesman said on Friday.

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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 15:24

Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State fighters on Wednesday kept up their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul which has held up Iraqi troops on the southern front and forced an elite army unit east of the city to put its more rapid advance on hold.

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Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 13:07

Iraqi army's elite force pauses advance near Mosul

ٍEghtesadOnline: An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city's eastern edge on Tuesday, waiting for other U.S.-backed forces to close in on Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.

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Publish Date:25/October/2016 | 20:05

Iran not directly involved in Mosul operation : Velayati

EghtesadOnline: Iran is not involved in Mosul operation directly, Head of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council Ali-Akbar Velayati said.

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Publish Date:23/October/2016 | 10:16

Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since 2014 as part of U.S.-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul, the militants' last major city stronghold in Iraq.

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Publish Date:23/October/2016 | 05:36

Iraq storms main Christian town near Mosul as Carter arrives in Baghdad

EghtesadOnline: The Iraqi army on Saturday stormed a Christian town that had been under control of Islamic State since 2014 as part of U.S.-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul, the militants' last major city stronghold in Iraq.

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Publish Date:22/October/2016 | 08:36

Iraqi elite unit, Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on Mosul

EghtesadOnline: An Iraqi army elite unit and Kurdish fighters on Thursday launched a fresh offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from villages around Mosul, their last major city stronghold in Iraq, with the air and ground support of the U.S.-led coalition.

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Publish Date:20/October/2016 | 07:23

Shi'ite militias say will support Iraqi army offensive on Mosul

EghtesadOnline: A Shi'ite paramilitary force said late on Tuesday it will support the Iraqi army's offensive on Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq.

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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 07:50

U.S. expects Islamic State to wield chemical weapons in Mosul fight

EghtesadOnline: The United States expects Islamic State to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to repel an Iraqi-led offensive on the city of Mosul, U.S. officials say, although adding that the group's technical ability to develop such weapons is highly limited.

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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 05:47

Kurds announce progress in operation to degrade Islamic State east of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces said they captured nine villages held by Islamic State in an operation to degrade the militants' defenses east of Mosul, their last city stronghold in Iraq.

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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 05:38

Iraq launches offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday launched a battle to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State in its most ambitious campaign since U.S. forces left five years ago, and the United States predicted the militant group would suffer "a lasting defeat."

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Publish Date:17/October/2016 | 05:54