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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

Iran congratulates heavy defeat of Daesh in Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi congratulated heavy defeat sustained by Daesh in Mosul and called for collective campaign to dry up the terrorist group's intellectual roots and its sources of funding.

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Publish Date:01/July/2017 | 06:08

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

Islamic State kills dozens of civilians trying to flee Mosul : witnesses

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State militants have killed dozens of civilians attempting to flee Mosul in recent days, hanging several dead bodies from electricity poles as Iraqi forces fight to retake the city, witnesses said.

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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 04:58

Iraqi forces claim recapture of eastern Mosul after 100 days of fighting

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken complete control of eastern Mosul , 100 days after the start of their U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State militants from the city.

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Publish Date:24/January/2017 | 05:25

Iraqi Troops Advance in Eastern Mosul Amid Fierce Clashes

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces battled Islamic State militants on Monday in two key neighborhoods in the eastern half of Mosul , a senior commander said, advancing deeper after fully routing IS from the sprawling complex of the Mosul University, a major step in the massive operation to retake the city.

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Publish Date:16/January/2017 | 15:11

Fresh advance in east Mosul to begin within days - U.S. commander

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U.S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American troops deployed closer to the front line in the city.

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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 15:04

Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on ISIS-held Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes launched a fresh attack on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq in the early hours of Sunday, as part of a plan to close in on their de facto capital Mosul , a Kurdish official said.

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Publish Date:14/August/2016 | 08:21