US launches airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Syria
The strikes were both necessary to address the threat and appropriately limited in scope, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said
No plan for Mosul: chaos and neglect slow Iraqi city's recovery
The demolition of a wrecked building in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul where Islamic State used to execute men they said were gay is already in its third month.
Iraqi PM says Islamic State completely 'evicted' from Iraq
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that Iraqi forces had driven the last remnants of Islamic State from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory.
U.N. says 78,000 civilians could be trapped in Iraq's Hawija
Up to 78,000 people could be trapped in Islamic State-held Hawija in northern Iraq, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as security forces push to recapture the town.
Iraqi armed forces announce progress in Mosul campaign, say district north of old city captured
Iraqi forces on Tuesday reported progress in the U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State from Mosul, announcing the capture of a district just north the city's historic center.
Iraqi forces aim to secure Mosul bridge, link up to east bank
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul on Sunday, aiming to capture a bridge across the Tigris which would link the city's government-held eastern bank with the ongoing offensive against remaining militants in the west.
Key Reasons Why 'It'll Take More Than a Few Months' to Free Western Mosul
The complexity of urban warfare and Daesh's level of preparedness to fight for their key stronghold in Iraq indicate that the operation aimed at liberating western Mosul will take much time, Dr. Theodore Karasik, a senior advisor at Gulf State Analytics, told Radio Sputnik.
DPM meets with Venezuelan President
Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh separately met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan FM Delcy Rodriguez, and Iraqi FM Ibrahim Al-Shaiker Al-Jafari on the sidelines of the 17th Non-Aligned Movement Summit on September 18 (local time) in Margarita, Venezuela.