Daesh Militants Execute Over 280 Residents of Mosul Area Amid Army Offensive
Daesh terrorist group has executed 284 men and boys in the Mosul area amid the Iraqi army’s offensive to drive the militants out of the city, media reported today. According to CNN, citing an Iraqi intelligence source, those killed were used as a human shield against the attacks against the terrorists by the Iraq forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. Daesh, outlawed in many countries worldwide, is said to have used a bulldozer...
Pentagon chief in Turkey as Mosul tensions grow
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Ankara today for talks with the leaders of Turkey, a crucial but sensitive ally in the fight against the Islamic State group. The Pentagon chief was due to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, as well as Defence Minister Fikri Isik. Washington is worried by tensions between Turkey and Iraq as the long-awaited battle to retake Iraq’s...
ICRC: Our main concerns today are for the civilians in Mosul
The United Nations has said it is deeply concerned about the plight of people who flee Mosul as fighting intensifies amid the Iraqi offensive. Several days into the assault, families who had left were met by Iraqi soldiers about 15 kilometres from the city. Some were met by ambulances amid the dust, as in the background oil fields reportedly set on fire by ISIL militants continued to burn. The International Committee of the Red Cross...
US general: IS leaders abandoning Mosul
Islamic State group leaders have been fleeing Mosul as US-backed local forces close in on the jihadists’ last Iraqi stronghold, a US general said Wednesday. US Army Major General Gary Volesky, who heads the land component command of the US-led coalition to defeat IS, predicted that foreign fighters will end up forming a large contingent of jihadists remaining in the city, as they have nowhere else to go. An estimated 3,500 to...
Iraq makes gains in ‘difficult’ assault on IS-held Mosul
Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces were making gains from the Islamic State group in Mosul Tuesday in an offensive US President Barack Obama warned would be a “difficult fight”. With the crucial battle in its second day, Iraqi commanders said progress was being made as fighters pushed on two main fronts against the jihadists’ last stronghold in Iraq. The US military, which is leading a coalition providing air and...
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