HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a major air-and-ground offensive Sunday to retake western Mosul from Islamic State militants and drive the extremist group from its last major ...

SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq – Iraqi forces advanced Monday into the southern outskirts of Mosul on the second day of a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city’s western half, as the visiting U.S.

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 ...

KHAZER, Iraq (AP) – Iraqi and Kurdish commanders said Tuesday they have paused their advance on Mosul a day after the start of a massive operation to retake the Islamic State-held city, which is ...

Oil flowed officially last week out of the Mosul province of Irak, out of a 35-year welter of some of the world’s most intricate connivance and double-cross. It was 1900 when a Briton discovered oil ...

(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.

Odierno tells ABC News the fight in Mosul may lead U.S. troops to stay longer. March 9, 2009— -- Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against ...

New videos surfaced of Iraqi security forces beating and executing prisoners. — -- New videos surfaced online this week that allegedly show U.S.-supported Iraqi security forces severely beating ...

Although it is still one of the most violent places in Iraq, Mosul has quieted down. U.S. troops are preparing to withdraw most forces from the city by June 30, and they are placing improved, but ...

Islamist militants from the al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), who have been in control of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since Monday night, have now seized the ...