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Civilians flee as Shi'ite groups close in on flashpoint town west of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shi'ite paramilitary groups close in the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group's self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
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Publish Date:23/November/2016 | 15:25

Iraq paramilitaries close to cutting Mosul supply route

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi were massing troops on Monday to cut remaining supply routes to Mosul, IS's (Daesh terrorist group) last major stronghold in Iraq, closing in on the road that links the Syrian and Iraqi parts of its self-declared caliphate.
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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 16:00

U.S. strike destroys bridge, restricts Islamic State in Mosul: official

EghtesadOnline: U.S. forces backing Iraqi troops retaking Mosul from Islamic State carried out an air strike on a bridge spanning the Tigris river, restricting militant movements between western and eastern parts of the city, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 13:05

Iraq troops aim to tighten noose on Islamic State in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighborhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around Islamic State militants waging a brutal defense of their Iraqi stronghold.
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Publish Date:14/November/2016 | 05:42

Iraqi army says advances in Mosul, despite suicide bombers

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces backed by U.S. and Iraqi air power took control of two districts of eastern Mosul on Saturday after heavy fighting in which they destroyed at least 10 cars deployed by Islamic State as suicide bombs, the military said.
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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 04:59

Iraqi Kurdish Forces Advance East of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with IS militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions on a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 11:08

Iraqi Forces Say Defenses, Civilians Hamper Mosul Advance

EghtesadOnline: Iraq's special forces struggled Sunday to clear areas retaken from the Islamic State group along Mosul's eastern edge, where the extremists have built up fortifications and ramparts in residential neighborhoods.
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Publish Date:06/November/2016 | 09:06

Islamic State Leader Rallies Fighters in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message urging his followers to keep up the fight for Mosul as they defend the city against a major offensive aimed at routing the militants from their last urban stronghold in Iraq.
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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 05:53

Shamkhani congratulates liberation of Mosul to Iraqi nation, Ulema

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday that liberation of Mosul has its roots in leadership of religious figures, wisdom of Iraqi government and courage of Iraqi army and volunteer forces.
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Publish Date:10/July/2017 | 05:49

Zarif congratulates liberation of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message on Sunday congratulated the Iraqi people and government on liberation of Mosul.
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Publish Date:10/July/2017 | 05:47

Iraqi Government Declares Mosul Liberated From Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi traveled to Mosul to declare it liberated from Islamic State, three years after the city’s abrupt fall to the jihadists alerted the world to the group’s growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity.
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Publish Date:10/July/2017 | 05:12

More Than 100 IS Fighters Attack Iraqi Forces in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: More than 100 Islamic State militants launched a counterattack in Mosul on Wednesday, killing 11 Federal Police and four civilians in clashes that were still underway, Iraqi security officials said.
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 24:35