Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the ancient quarter from Daesh (ISIS) militants mounting a last stand in what was the de facto capital of their "caliphate". U.S.-trained urban warfare units were...

( The New Arab )- Fighters for the Islamic State group are targeting children in Mosul to prevent civilians from fleeing the city as Iraqi forces push into the last stronghold held in Iraq by the militants there, the United Nations said on Thursday. The UN children’s agency said it has...

( The Guardian )- At least two people have been killed and hundreds are undergoing treatment after a mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced people near the Iraqi city of Mosul. “There are 752 cases of food poisoning and two death, a woman and a child” following a meal on Monday...

US-backed Syrian fighters seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city, as they pursued an offensive against the Islamic State group. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) broke into Raqa earlier this week after announcing the start of a...