tag Mosul battle

Tough road ahead, even as IS grip on Mosul and Raqqa falters

EghtesadOnline: With Islamic State all but ejected from one if its former capitals and surrounded in the other, members of a 72-nation coalition meet in Washington this week to try to ensure the battlefield victories do not, once again, evaporate amid new sectarian strife.
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Publish Date:11/July/2017 | 05:30

Honking Horns Hail the Liberation of Mosul From Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Three years after Mosul’s abrupt fall to jihadists alerted the world to Islamic State’s growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi traveled to the city to declare it liberated once more.
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Publish Date:10/July/2017 | 04:46

Airstrikes Fuel Mosul Gains as Iraq Pushes for Quick Victory

EghtesadOnline: Half a dozen units of Islamic State group fighters holed up in western Mosul began their morning radio checks at just after 4 a.m. It was still dark and Iraqi forces deployed a few blocks away were listening in as they prepared an advance on the city's al-Rifai neighborhood.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 05:08

A Squabble at Iraq's Oldest Oil Field Could Rock Global Supplies

EghtesadOnline: A territorial dispute in northern Iraq threatens to disrupt oil output at a field containing as much crude as Norway, even as U.S.-backed forces prepare what could be a decisive blow against Islamic State militants in the nearby city of Mosul.
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Publish Date:03/April/2017 | 04:22

Mosul's east begins to bustle but healing a long way off

EghtesadOnline: Eastern Mosul is coming back to life. In the few weeks since Iraqi forces drove Islamic State from this side of the city, markets have opened and bulldozers have begun to clear the debris left by battle.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 11:53

Iraqi forces fight IS in Mosul as bomb blasts hit Tikrit wedding

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants in their stronghold of Mosul on Wednesday and took control of the last major road leading west from the city, before bomb blasts ripped through a wedding party near Tikrit, killing more than 20 people.
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Publish Date:09/March/2017 | 08:13

In parts of Mosul, a semblance of normality despite war

EghtesadOnline: In some parts of Mosul, you can almost forget that a war is being waged over the city between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants who still control more than half of it - at least momentarily.
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Publish Date:15/January/2017 | 07:38

Iraqi forces close in on Tigris in IS stronghold Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces closed in on the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday, advancing in parallel with other troops and forcing Islamic State to retreat in its last major stronghold in the country.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 15:17

Possible civilian casualties in Mosul air strike: Pentagon

EghtesadOnline: An air strike by the U.S.-led coalition near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul hit a van in a hospital compound parking lot and could have killed civilians, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:30/December/2016 | 06:17

Winter closes in on refugees fleeing Iraq's Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Pushing his way through dozens of people, Iraqi teacher Umar Salah carries four bags containing 15 blankets and pots full of food through the gate of a camp overcrowded with civilians who fled Islamic State in Mosul.
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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 08:42

For top Iraqi commander, Mosul offensive is personal battle

EghtesadOnline: Major General Najm al-Jubbouri, a top commander in the offensive against Islamic State in the Iraqi city of Mosul, peered through binoculars at flames after his men shot dead an Islamic State suicide bomber.
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Publish Date:27/November/2016 | 05:37