The battle for Iraq’s second city Mosul neared the remains of ancient Nimrud on Thursday, the military said. Troops and volunteer fighters were advancing on two villages held by the Takfiri ISIL group near the ancient site some 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Mosul, the Joint Operations Command said. ...
The counter-terrorist units of the Iraqi army liberated on Thursday the Zahra neighborhood in eastern Mosul from the militants of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group, local media reported citing security sources. “Anti-terrorist units have freed Zahra neighborhood in eastern Mosul,” a source in ...
