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People visit a mass grave for the victims of the Islamic State group in Mosul, Iraq on July 1, 2020.

Mass grave uncovered in former ISIS territory of northern Iraq

Bones believed to be of Shiite prisoners from a nearby ISIS jail line the bottom of a trench hundreds of yards long near the northern Iraqi village of Humeydat, west of Mosul.

By Hannah Graf

4 years ago

US transfers Q-West airfield to Iraqi forces citing progress in fight against ISIS

“The Qayyarah base served as a strategic launching point for the ISF [Iraqi Security Forces] and Coalition during the Battle of Mosul. In particular, the base serves as a hub for the Iraqi air force, who continue to deliver lethal strikes on Daesh bed-down locations."

4 years ago

Declassified list shows sites in Mosul with unexploded bombs

A top American military commander has declassified 81 locations of unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S.-led coalition in the battle to oust Islamic State militants from the Iraqi city of Mosul. And officials are considering similar disclosures for other areas, in a rare step to help aid groups and contractors clear explosives from war-ravaged Iraqi cities.

7 years ago

1st AD commander looks ahead to next fight against ISIS

As Iraq marks and celebrates the successful campaign to recapture Tal Afar, the mission for U.S. advisers in the country is far from over.

By Meghann Myers

7 years ago

Iraqi forces close in on Tal Afar

Iraqi forces made significant progress as they closed in on the Islamic State-held town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, the U.S.-led coalition and an Iraqi military spokesman said Monday.

7 years ago

Iraqi commander: Troops capture 2 neighborhoods in Tal Afar

An Iraqi military commander says Iraqi forces have captured two neighborhoods from the Islamic State group in the militant-held northern town of Tal Afar

7 years ago

Mattis: ISIS militants caught in Iraq-Syria military vise

Expelled from their main stronghold in northern Iraq, Islamic State militants are now trapped in a military vise that will squeeze them on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

7 years ago

Iraqi forces close in on IS-held town west of Mosul

Iraqi forces have made significant progress as they close in on the Islamic State-held town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, the U.S.-led coalition said Monday.

7 years ago

Iraq launches operation to take back ISIS-held town near Mosul

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, marking the next phase in the country’s war on the Islamic State group.

7 years ago

US helping clear 'historic' amount of explosives in Mosul

The wires protruding from the small, misshapen stuffed animal revealed the deadly booby-trap tucked inside.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

7 years ago

Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism force looks to rebuild after Mosul

Iraq’s most coveted special forces unit suffered a nearly 40 percent casualty rate in its drive to liberate the dense city of over one million inhabitants, according to a U.S. Defense Department budget request seeking funds to help rebuild and equip the specialized unit.

7 years ago

After Mosul, airstrikes against ISIS ebb slightly but remain high

The number of weapons released against the Islamic State in July dropped slightly from the previous month’s all-time record as the battle for Mosul, Iraq, drew to a close.

By Stephen Losey

7 years ago