Iraqi forces remain on the doorstep of ISIS-held Mosul, encountering snipers, landmines and road-blocking boulders as they edged closer to the key city.

Insurgents take Mosul as Iraqi army collapses 02:11. BAGHDAD -- Islamic militants overran parts of Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul on Tuesday, driving security forces from their posts and ...

Iraqi forces on Thursday regained control over Imam Gharbi, a village south of Mosul, from Islamic State militants who had seized it as their defense of their stronghold in the city crumbled ...

Iraqi forces fight back against ISIS in Mosul 02:38. MOSUL, Iraq --Iraqi troops backed by the U.S. military are tightening the noose around the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the city of Mosul ...

A long-awaited operation to seize the key Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of ISIS control is imminent, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Sunday.

More than 25,000 forces, including the Iraqi army, the peshmerga, Sunni tribal fighters and Shiite militias are taking part in the Mosul offensive, which began Monday after months of preparation.

They made Ms. Iraqi sign a pledge she wouldn’t reopen the salon, or her brother would be lashed. “After that, I never wanted to leave my house again,” said Ms. Iraqi, who is 21.

WASHINGTON — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have secured the eastern half of Mosul in a battlefield victory that has tightened the noose around the Islamic State and made it difficult for militants to ...

So far, 35,000 Iraqi troops have been trained by the U.S.-led coalition, including the eight to 12 Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga brigades that have been slotted for the offensive on Mosul. Iraq ...

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 ...