Iraqi forces battling the ISIL group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River, which runs through the center of the city, the spokesman for the Counter-Terrorism Service said Saturday. Iraq launched a massive operation on October 17 to retake Mosul from the ‘jihadists’, who seized the city more than two ...
The Iraqi warplanes raided ISIL positions in Tal Afar in western Mosul, killing 20 terrorists. The Iraqi defense ministry added in a statement that air raids also destroyed a number of ISIL weaponry depots and booby-trapped vehicles.