Offstream
news

The Iraqi Army fully retakes the city of Hawija in the Kirkuk Governorate from ISIL. Fighting continues to the north and east of the city as Iraqi troops continue anti-ISIL operations in the Hawija District.
2017-10-5

The Iraqi Army announces the liberation of the eastern part of Mosul following the collapse of ISIL defenses.
2017-01-18

The UN reports 232 civilians have been murdered in and near Mosul by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [http:--edition.cnn.com-2016-10-28-middleeast-iraq-mosul-isis- (CNN)] [http:--www.nbcnews.com-news-world-u-n-says-isis-executes-230-people-uses-tens-thousands-n674446 (NBC News)] Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)
2016-10-28

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executes at least 284 people in Mosul.
2016-10-22

Attacks targeting a Shi'ite Muslim gathering, a police check-point, and the family of an anti-Islamic State Sunni paramilitary leader, kill at least 55 people in Iraq.
2016-10-15

At least 64 people are killed and 87 injured in a bomb attack on a market in Sadr City, Baghdad. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) claims responsibility.
2016-05-11

Satellite images released by the Associated Press reveal the historic Saint Elijah's Monastery near the Iraqi city of Mosul, the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq that predates Islam, has been completely razed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants.
2016-01-20

Turkey refuses to withdraw its forces from northern Iraq despite being given a 48 hour ultimatum by Iraq to leave the country. Turkey says the troops are there as part of an international mission to train and equip Iraqi forces to fight against the Islamic State. The Iraqi government says it never invited such a force, and will take its case to the United Nations if they are not pulled out.
2015-12-7

An Iraqi Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 jet, returning from a bombing raid against ISIL militants in the north, accidentally drops a bomb on Baghdad destroying several homes and killing at least 7 civilians. American officials claimed that as many as 65% of Iraqi air force bombers do not drop their bombs due to "lack of targets".
2015-07-6