Iraqi forces
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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…
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Iraqi police say ready to join assault on east Mosul
EghtesadOnline: Several thousand Iraqi federal police are ready to join the assault against Islamic State in east Mosul, a spokesman said on Monday, reinforcing troops who have faced weeks of…
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Iraqi troops push towards central Mosul from southeast
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi army units launched a fresh assault in southeast Mosul on Tuesday and a senior commander was quoted as saying an armored division had advanced to within less than a mile…
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Iraqi forces yet to seal off Mosul as battle enters second month
EghtesadOnline: The U.S.-backed offensive to crush Islamic State in its last major city stronghold in Iraq entered a second month on Thursday as forces arrayed against the hardline Sunni group…
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Iraqi special forces seize Mosul district in fresh push
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen…
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Iraq forces accused of killing, torturing civilians south of Mosul
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi government forces killed and tortured civilians south of Mosul, rights groups said on Thursday, the first such reports of alleged abuse in a U.S.-backed campaign to retake…
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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…
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Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State say nearing Mosul airport
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi security forces drove Islamic State fighters from the center of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul on Saturday and reached within a few km (miles)…
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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…
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Iraqi forces advance on town where Islamic State accused of executions
EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces moved closer on Wednesday to a town south of Mosul where aid groups and regional officials say Islamic State has executed dozens of prisoners.