Iraqi Troops

Iraqi troops pull out from Mosul hospital after fierce battle

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi troops who briefly seized a Mosul hospital believed to be used as an Islamic State base were forced to withdraw from the site, but managed to establish a base for army tanks…
2016-12-08 21:41
Iraqi troops expand foothold in Mosul as Islamic State pledges more suicide attacks

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Iraqi troops expanded their foothold on the eastern side of Islamic State's stronghold of Mosul on Friday, as the group pledged to mount more suicide attacks on their…
2016-11-19 05:48
Iraqi troops battle Islamic State inside Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters on the eastern edge of Mosul on Tuesday as the two-week campaign to recapture the jihadists' last main bastion in Iraq entered a new…
2016-11-02 05:26
Church bells peal in town retaken by Iraqi troops from Islamic State

EghtesadOnline: The din of bullets, mortars and bombs in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella was replaced momentarily on Friday by a sound not heard there for more than two years: the peal of…
2016-10-22 08:33
Iraqi Troops Advance on Mosul to Take Islamic State Bastion

EghtesadOnline: Iraq has launched a long-awaited offensive to retake Islamic State’s last major stronghold in the country, amid mounting concern over the fate of 1.2 million trapped city residents.
2016-10-18 06:09