Mosul

Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic Sta...

Nov 13, 2015 09:21 AM EST

Iraq's Abadi says Baiji battle 'crucial' to ousting Islamic State

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the battle over the northern town of Baiji and its refinery - Ir...

Aug 26, 2015 01:21 AM EDT

Islamic State's No. 2 reported killed by drone strike in Iraq - CNN

The No. 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group was killed in a U.S. drone strike near Mosul, I...

Aug 21, 2015 07:32 PM EDT

U.S. arms flow to Iraq ahead of planned Mosul offensive

Some 10,000 U.S. M-16 rifles and other military supplies worth about $17.9 million arrived in Iraq t...

Feb 24, 2015 06:06 PM EST

In Mosul, Islamic State turns captured city into fortress

In a government building in Mosul, a handful of Iraqi contractors gathered to compete for a tender l...

Jan 26, 2015 03:18 AM EST

Survivors demand justice after Iraq massacre

No one disputes the horrific outcome: Iraqi military recruits were led off their base unarmed and mu...

Sep 06, 2014 04:17 AM EDT