Mosul
latest news & developments
Military ignored Mosul war-wounded
In ridding the city of the Islamic State, its health system was gutted, affecting 1.8-million residents
Battle for Mosul’s soul and Iraqi identity
Mosul may no longer be a pillar of Iraq’s identity
UN receives reports of massacres by Islamic State fighters in Mosul
There are fears that the extremists will commit more atrocities in an attempt to spread fear as they try to hold on to their last major Iraqi bastion.
Iraqi forces advance on Mosul
Kurdish fighters backed by the US plan to retake Islamic State’s last major stronghold and are closing off escape routes.
Al-Qaeda keeps its grip on out-of-sight Iraqi cities
In the city of Mosul, out of view of visiting Arab dignitaries next week, al-Qaeda still controls the streets and people still whisper about death.
Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq’s Mosul
Drive-by shootings, murders and extortion are the new calling cards of a weakened insurgency in Mosul.
Christian families flee northern Iraq city
Nearly 1 000 Christian families have fled their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul following a wave of violence against them.
Iraq archbishop kidnappers wanted $1-million
Kidnappers of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop found dead in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had demanded a -million ransom, a senior police official said on Friday. Paulos Faraj…
Suicide bomber kills 25 in northern Iraq
A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside an army recruitment centre in the northern Iraqi town of Rabia, near the Syrian border, killing 25 people and wounding 35, police…
Four car bombs hit Iraq city
Four car bombs exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, without causing any injuries, but two people were wounded by gunfire, the United States army and local…
Car bombs kill six in Iraq
Two separate car bombs killed six Iraqis and wounded 19 others in the northern city of Mosul, the United States military said on Monday. On Sunday, a car bomb detonated on a…
Mosul violence claims at least 14
At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 26 wounded in a roadside bomb blast and fierce clashes on Wednesday between Iraqi police and insurgents in the main northern city of Mosul,…
Another Iraq bomb kills five
A car bomb exploded outside a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring 53 others, police said. The blast followed a…
US military denies Iraqi corpse claims
The United States military has denied any knowledge of the discovery by Iraqi police of a second body in the Tigris River near the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi reports indicate…
Iraq suicide blast toll soars
The death toll in the twin suicide bombings at two Kurdish party offices in northern Iraq has climbed to 67, with 267 others injured, United States military officials said on…