Iraqi Army
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Caution marks Iraqi army advance against Islamic State north of Mosul
EghtesadOnline: The earth shook three times with the impact of air strikes targeting Islamic State positions north of Mosul. Only then did the Iraqi troops assembled on the edge of the small…
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Iraqi army launches fresh assault toward Mosul center
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi army units surged toward the center of Mosul on Tuesday in an attack from the city's southeastern edges that could give fresh impetus to the seven-week-old battle for Islamic…
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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…
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Iraqi forces target Islamic State defenses on Mosul's eastern edge
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces backed by a U.S.-led air coalition targeted Islamic State defenses on the eastern edge of Mosul with artillery fire and air strikes on Tuesday, a day after fighting…
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Iraqi Army Targets Site of IS Executions in Mosul
EghtesadOnline: The Iraqi Army was trying on Thursday to reach a town south of Mosul where the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has reportedly executed dozens to deter the population…
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Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul
EghtesadOnline: Islamic State fighters on Wednesday kept up their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul which has held up Iraqi troops on the southern front and forced an elite army…
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Iraqi army's elite force pauses advance near Mosul
ٍEghtesadOnline: An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city's eastern edge on Tuesday, waiting for other U.S.-backed forces to close in on…
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Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since 2014 as part of U.S.-backed operations to clear the entrances to…
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Iraq storms main Christian town near Mosul as Carter arrives in Baghdad
EghtesadOnline: The Iraqi army on Saturday stormed a Christian town that had been under control of Islamic State since 2014 as part of U.S.-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul,…
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Iraqi elite unit, Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on Mosul
EghtesadOnline: An Iraqi army elite unit and Kurdish fighters on Thursday launched a fresh offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from villages around Mosul, their last major city stronghold…
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Shi'ite militias say will support Iraqi army offensive on Mosul
EghtesadOnline: A Shi'ite paramilitary force said late on Tuesday it will support the Iraqi army's offensive on Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq.
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Iraqi army says it reached center of key town south of Mosul
EghtesadOnline: Iraq's military backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition on Thursday seized the center of Shirqat, a northern town seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to recapture…
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Iraqi Army operation major blow to Daesh oil incomes: Commander
EghtesadOnline: Liberation of 60 oil wells from Daesh terrorists in an operation south of Mosul by the Iraqi Army has dealt a big blow to terrorists' oil incomes, Nineveh Province operations…