Iraqi security forces on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing into some eastern districts where the battle has been in deadlock for nearly a month. Thousands of federal police troops who redeployed from Mosul’s southern outskirts two weeks ago also pushed[Read More…]
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Latest ISIS propaganda video reveals horrific public execution
A new propaganda video released by ISIS online showed the visuals of horrific public execution across the middle east as Iraqi forces close in on Mosul. The compilation of killings, filmed in the terror group’s caliphate across Syria and Iraq, shows men being blindfolded and strung up on crosses in[Read More…]
Iraq’s Al Robot debuts in the Mosul warfront
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) debuted a brand new war robot called Al Robot (The Robot) on November 1 against the ISIS forces currently besieged near Mosul. Designed by two brothers from Baghdad, the unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) has a remotely operated 12.7 mm cannon equipped with thermal sights and[Read More…]
Iraqi Army surrounds ISIS chief Baghdadi inside Mosul
Iraqi Army, which entered the ISIS’ stronghold of Mosul for the first time in more than two years, has trapped its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Fuad Hussein, chief of staff to Kurdish President said Iraqi government had information from multiple sources that “Baghdadi is there and, if he is killed,[Read More…]
Al Fazliyans celebrates life by shaving,smoking as ISIS leaves the town
Iraqi town of AL Fazliya is just 20 kilometres north of Mosul and just five kilometers away from the nearest ISIS position Six days ago, Islamic State was driven out of the town by Kurdish Peshmarga forces. CNN reported a story on how Al fazliya residents, whose life were made[Read More…]
Iraqi heritage sites at risk in Mosul operation
As Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, the jihadists’ last main bastion in the country, officials say IS has fighters deployed at or near archaeological sites. This has put Iraqi heritage sites at risk during the operation to retake Mosul from the jihadists. In 2014 IS had vandalised the Mosul museum after[Read More…]
Iraq military begins operation to retake Mosul from ISIS
Iraqi Prime Minister on Monday announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. The push to retake Mosul will be the biggest military operation in Iraq since American troops left in 2011. The city fell to IS fighters during a lightning[Read More…]
Battle for Mosul: Coalition forces led by Iraq push to take back IS ‘capital’
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, on Monday said that the nation’s forces have launched a campaign to retake Mosul, the self-declared capital of the IS. Artillery began firing on the city early on Monday, in a long-awaited assault from Kurdish Peshmerga, Iraqi government and allied forces. Tanks are also moving[Read More…]
This Iraqi woman beheads ISIS terrorists, cooks their heads
There have been number of stories of barbaric acts performed by ISIS terrorists in Iraq. The world has seen many of those viral videos where ISIS terrorists were seen beheading civilians. With every breaking news ISIS has been touching new heights of brutality. Now there is this Iraqi woman named[Read More…]
ISIS launches suspected chemical rocket shell at US troops in Iraq
A rocket fired by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at US forces in Iraq may have carried a chemical agent, a US defence official said on Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be the first recorded chemical attack on US troops since the militant group overran parts of[Read More…]
A tale of ravaged countries and weeping children- ISIS through pictures
“Because of what is happening in Syria we don’t play any more. I miss my house. I miss my neighbourhood. I miss playing football. I was at a funeral when the rocket struck, there were dead bodies all around and I lost my relatives that day. Dogs ate the dead[Read More…]