Mosul Offensive

• Mosul civilians trapped indoors as Iraqi forces bombard ISIS targets

  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 urban bastion in Iraq.

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  Feb 19, 2017
  
• Mosul University fully liberated by Iraqi troops: military

  U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops on Sunday fully liberated the sprawling complex of Mosul University, an Iraqi military spokesman said, a major step in the massive operation to retake the Islamic State group-held city of Mosul.

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  Jan 15, 2017
  
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• Iraqi forces storm Mosul University complex

  The militants were fighting back at the university, which they seized when they took over the city in 2014.

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  Jan 13, 2017
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• Iraqi troops resume fighting in Mosul

  Stiff resistance by the militants, civilians trapped inside their houses and bad weather have slowed advances.

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  Dec 29, 2016
• Mosul attacks kill 11, including 4 aid workers: UN

  The United Nations says two mortar attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul earlier this week killed four aid workers and seven other civilians.

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  Dec 22, 2016
• 1,000 Islamic State fighters killed in Mosul: Iraqi forces

  Iraqi special forces battling to clear Islamic State from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants.

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  Nov 28, 2016
• ISIS used chemical weapons at least 71 times in Iraq, Syria

  A new analysis, meanwhile, has found that there was high risk that IS would deploy chemical weapons against Mosul civilians or Iraqi troops fighting to retake the city.

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  Nov 22, 2016
• Chemical attacks by Islamic State on the rise, UN says

  The United Nations says Islamic State is stockpiling ammonia and sulfur in civilian areas and fears it intends to carry out more chemical attacks

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  Nov 12, 2016
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• Mosul suicide attack could be from Irish Islamic State supporter: reports

  Ireland's foreign ministry is investigating reports that an Irish citizen died in a suicide attack near the Iraqi city of Mosul, a spokesman said on Saturday.

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  Nov 5, 2016
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• ISIS leader confident despite Mosul offensive, urges attack on Turkey

  ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence in victory, in his first message after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces started an offensive to take back Mosul.

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  Nov 2, 2016