ISIS War

• Iraqi troops recapture Nimrud, ancient Assyrian city bulldozed by ISIS

  Iraqi soldiers recaptured the town of Nimrud on Sunday and the nearby ruins of the 3,000-year-old Assyrian city which was overrun and bulldozed two years ago by the Islamic State.

  World

  Nov 13, 2016
  
• Mosul families living in squalor as fight against ISIS rages around them

  The U.N. says hundreds of thousands could be made homeless by what is turning into a protracted urban battle against the Islamic State.

  News

  Nov 11, 2016
  
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• Thousands join fight to take back Mosul from Islamic State

  Thousands of fighters flocked to join Iraq's state-sanctioned, Iran-backed Shiite militias on Sunday, advancing to cut off Islamic State extremists holed up near Mosul in northern Iraq.

  World

  Oct 30, 2016
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• Villagers forced to leave loved ones behind while escaping Islamic State snipers

  After two years of ruthless Islamic State rule, Ahmed finally decided to make a run for it, past some of the group's snipers in his village in northern Iraq.

  World

  Oct 29, 2016
• Syrian planes bomb city of Homs, kill 2 children

  Government airplanes have attacked a neighbourhood in Homs, including with incendiary bombs that killed two children and left one badly burned.

  World

  Aug 27, 2016
• US and Russia make strides but unable to forge truce in Syria

  The US and Russia said Friday they had resolved a number of issues but were unable to forge an agreement to end the brutal war that has killed hundreds of thousands.

  World

  Aug 26, 2016
• Kurdish forces secure river, open new front in fight for IS capital Mosul

  Kurdish forces said they had secured a river crossing point, enabling them to open a new front against IS and tighten their grip on the militants' capital Mosul.

  World

  Aug 15, 2016