Iraqi forces resume offensive towards eastern Mosul
The battle for Mosul, still home to 1.5 million residents, is shaping up to be one of the toughest in a decade of turmoil following the U.S-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. “The operation to liberate the left bank of Mosul has started,” said a military statement, referring to the eastern bank of the river that flows from north to south. Another statement said five villages were taken north of Mosul, where...
UN: IS kills hundreds, kidnaps thousands around Mosul
Islamic State fighters have killed more than 250 people and kidnapped nearly 8,000 families around Mosul in recent days as Iraqi troops advanced on the northern city, the United Nations said today. UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva that the jihadists are forcing civilians living in districts around Mosul into the city, hoping to use them as human shields in an upcoming battle. Those targeted in...
Russian diplomat concerned over worsening situation in Mosul
The Russian side calls on the participants on the Mosul liberation operation to spare no effort to prevent sufferings of the civilian population, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today. Moscow “supports the Iraqi government’s resolute steps to restore the constitutional order across the entire territory of the country and exterminate the hotspot of international terrorism represented by Islamic State (a...
Iraqi forces evacuate 1000 civilians from Mosul front lines
Iraqi special forces had moved more than 1,000 people from villages near the front lines of the battle to retake the ISIS-held city of Mosul today, according to officials. Special forces Maj. Gen. Haider Fadhil said the residents of Tob Zawa and other nearby villages were taken to a camp in the nearby Khazer region for their safety. The International Organization for Migration said at least 8,940 people had been displaced since the...
On road to Mosul, Kurd doctors fear being overwhelmed
At a field hospital out in the open, a few kilometres (miles) from newly carved front lines in northern Iraq, Kurdish doctors and foreign soldiers mill around a stretcher on the ground. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter lies writhing in pain, his face swollen and spattered with blood from a car bomb blast, a favoured tactic of Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the crosshairs of an offensive to recapture the city of Mosul. The peshmerga...
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