Iraqi forces retook a key town from the ISIL group Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. Federal police, army and elite interior ministry forces established full control over Hamam al-Alil, the last town of note on the way ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi pledged on Saturday to decapitate ISIL and liberate Mosul, rejecting the attempts to discriminate among the Iraqis and abuse the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Addressing Mosul residents in a televised speech, Abadi said that the campaign is being carried out according to the devised plan, ...
