'The people of Nineveh need your care and attention, and someone to listen to their cries, especially your sons and daughters from the Christian community.' Iraqi Prime Minister reopens the Church of ...

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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in ...

KHAZER, Iraq -- Iraqi government and Kurdish forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition air and ground support, launched coordinated military operations early on Monday as the long-awaited fight to wrest ...

(NEW YORK) — The top American general in the Middle East said Tuesday that the Iraqi military is on track to launch an operation to retake Mosul by the end of the year. At a Pentagon briefing, Gen.

An Iraqi elite unit has reclaimed more than 25 miles of territory south of Mosul in the fight against Islamic State militants. In the two weeks since the offensive to retake Mosul began, dozens of ...

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers process detainees brought to Combat Outpost Rabiya in Western Mosul.Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for TIME U.S. military officials say violence is dropping around Mosul, where insurgents ...