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Mosul residents ‘lost everything’ in ISIL battle

Mosul residents 'lost everything' in ISIL battle

Civilians who have fled fighting in Mosul face a dire humanitarian crisis even as the Iraqi prime minister has formally declared victory against the Islamic State of the Levant and Iraq (ISIL). The Norwegian Refugee Council said on Monday that civilians displaced by more than eight months of fighting are living in “incredible hardship” in […]

UN: 4,000 civilians flee Mosul each day amid fighting

UN: 4,000 civilians flee Mosul each day amid fighting

Intense battles between Iraqi security forces and ISIL fighters in Mosul are causing increasing numbers of displaced people, with 4,000 civilians fleeing the city each day, according to the United Nations. More than 28,000 people have been forced from their homes since a coalition of US-backed Iraqi forces launched an offensive on February 19 to […]

Islamic State Tactics Degrading as Iraqis Take More of Mosul

Islamic State Tactics Degrading as Iraqis Take More of Mosul

Islamic State (IS) fighters have placed bombs on trucks and even tiny, flying drones to attack Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul. But these battlefield tactics are becoming less frequent and less effective, a top U.S. commander in Iraq said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters via teleconference from Baghdad, Col. Brett Sylvia, who leads roughly 1,700 […]

Massive Yazidi Minority Graves Found Near Mosul

The Islamic State’s genocide on Iraq’s Yazidi community continues as security forces discovered two mass graves filled with bodies near Mosul on Sunday. Kurdish Peshmerga forces found the graves, which had at least 18 people buried in them, along with identification cards in the Shababit junction area in northwestern Iraq, according to reports. Officials said […]

Families Reveal IS Trickery As They Slip Out of Mosul

Families Reveal IS Trickery As They Slip Out of Mosul

“They use bullets in the school classrooms,” joked Ratima Ahmed. “One bullet plus one bullet equals two bullets.” Just hours before, she had fled her home in eastern Mosul, where the Iraqi Army now battles Islamic State militants. She sat in the dust with other women and children on the city’s outskirts, waiting for buses […]

IS Militant Atrocities Mount Against Mosul Civilians

IS Militant Atrocities Mount Against Mosul Civilians

The U.N. human rights office says atrocities against civilians in Mosul by Islamic State militants reportedly are increasing as Iraqi soldiers close in on the embattled northern Iraqi city. The U.N. human rights office says it is receiving disturbing reports of the extra judicial and summary execution of children and women, as well as male […]

Iraq: UNICEF says up to 1.5 million may be affected by Mosul offensive

Iraq: UNICEF says up to 1.5 million may be affected by Mosul offensive

Thousands of people who have fled the Mosul area, as the military offensive to retake the northern Iraqi city gathers pace, have been on the road for days. In the background is a stark, apocalyptic landscape, with fumes billowing into the air from oil fields set alight by the retreating militants.

U.N. Ready to Receive 150,000 Displaced by Mosul Battle

The United Nations refugee agency is anticipating a humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq and is making plans to shelter 150,000 civilians fleeing Mosul as U.S.-backed forces continue their bid to oust the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told reporters in Jordan: “The preparations are proceeding well… UNHCR is […]

Iraqis Gain Ground Around Mosul as Islamic State Fight Intensifies

Iraqi forces have regained more than 800 square kilometers of territory from Islamic State since the fight to retake Mosul began last week, U.S. officials said Monday. Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis says the significant gains include Bartella, about 30 kilometers east of Mosul’s city center, which is now in the process of being […]