Mosul operation
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For U.S. and Obama, Mosul campaign is calculated risk
EghtesadOnline: Iraq and the United States have launched a crucial battle to liberate the city of Mosul without determining how its volatile region will be governed once Islamic State militants…
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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…
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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…