October 23, 2016 Iraqi forces launch new attack northeast of Mosul Iraqi and Kurdish forces have launched a new offensive on a town near Mosul as part of a massive operation aimed at retaking the country's second largest city from the Islamic State (ISIS) group.
October 22, 2016 Reeling ISIS tricks boys as young as 8 into manning front lines As ISIS loses its grip in its stronghold of Mosul, the black-clad jihadist army is plumbing the depths of brutality, taking civilians off the streets of Iraq’s second-largest city and forcing them onto the front lines.
October 22, 2016 ISIS attack on Kirkuk ends after 24 hours, Iraqi officials say A massive Islamic State (ISIS) assault on targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk came to an end Saturday after a day and night of heavy clashes, as Iraqi forces launched a new advance southeast of the ISIS-held city of Mosul.
October 21, 2016 Islamic State fighters kill 13 in assault on power plant in northern Iraq's Kirkuk Islamic State militants armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early Friday, in an assault that appeared aimed at diverting Iraqi security forces from a massive offensive against the ISIS-held city of Mosul.
October 20, 2016 How Islamic State weaponized the chat app to direct attacks on the West A predawn attack on a French policeman’s home, the killing of a priest during Mass and a car bomb planted near Notre Dame Cathedral in recent months were plots that appeared isolated until investigators discovered a common thread.
October 20, 2016 Iraqi special forces join Mosul offensive against ISIS Iraqi special forces charged into the Mosul battle Thursday with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State group, a key part of a multi-pronged assault on eastern approaches to the besieged city.
October 20, 2016 ISIS fighters spotted escaping Mosul disguised in women's clothing Cowardly ISIS fighters dressed in women’s clothes are fleeing Mosul while the group’s commanders have ordered their wives and girlfriends to escape before the city is encircled.
October 19, 2016 Rep. Duncan Hunter: We can defeat ISIS with the right strategy. Mosul is just the beginning The fight for Mosul is just the start of what will be a long and arduous campaign to defeat the Islamic State through military means.
October 19, 2016 ISIS leader al-Baghdadi believed to be holed up in Mosul as Iraqi, US forces close in The secretive leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is believed to be holed up in the terror group's hub of Mosul, as Iraqi and US forces close in this week ahead of what could be a climactic fight.
October 19, 2016 US Army Apache helicopters enter Mosul battle, military says US Army Apache attack helicopters have entered the battle for Mosul in support of Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State terror group, the head of the famed 101st Airborne Division running the coalition’s ground component told reporters Wednesday.