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Recapture of Mosul 'possible' before next U.S. administration

While the fight to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State is going to be difficult, it is "possible" it could be complete before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday. Some 100,000 Iraqi government troops, Kurdish security...

Iraq forces gain ground northeast of Mosul

ISIS militants have staged near simultaneous attacks on positions of state-sanctioned militias west and south of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, apparently taking advantage of bad weather conditions that normally disrupt air support, two militia officials said on Saturday. One official said...

Ruins of homes in Kirkuk a sign of divisions to come in Iraq

All along the street, houses have been reduced to rubble in the central Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The work of Kurdish security forces retaliating against Sunni Arabs after a recent ISIS, residents say. Kurdish security forces moved in with bulldozers and excavators and demolished at least 100...