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KHAZER CAMP, Iraq – After sundown at the end of January, Haytham,* 44, hurried to the banks of the Tigris River where he set about breaking the lock on a small fishing boat. He was fleeing hardship ...

Baghdad — The battle to retake west Mosul from the Daesh (the so-called IS) group has pushed more than 45,000 people to flee, the International Organization for Migration said on Sunday. Iraqi forces ...

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie today visited West Mosul, an urban area held captive by ISIS for three years until its liberation last summer. After walking among the bombed-out buildings that line ...

Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group in hours of heavy clashes in west Mosul on Sunday, as the number of people who fled fighting in the area topped 45,000. Iraqi forces have recaptured ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sniper from the Iraqi federal police unit aims towards an Islamic State group position in the west of Mosul during an ongoing ...

Iraqi forces launched the massive operation to retake Mosul from IS nearly seven months ago. Iraqi forces have recaptured nearly 90 percent of west Mosul from the Islamic State group after retaking ...

GENEVA – An estimated 100,000 civilians are effectively being held as human shields by ISIS fighters in West Mosul, where they are living in conditions of “penury and panic” without food, water or ...

Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall. Residents of Iraq's second city are trying to put their lives back together after months ...

Iraqi security forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group since launching an assault on the area last month, a commander said Sunday. "Around more than a third of ...