Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters, more than a hundred villages have been liberated. But the battle for Mosul continues.

Reflection on ISIS’s destruction of the city permits renewed consideration of the importance of beauty. Following a long, exhausting campaign, Iraqi forces successfully retook control of Mosul.

So what does the loss of its territory mean for ISIS and will it bring its fight closer to the West? WSJ's Niki Blasina reports.

For the children of Mosul, life took a darker turn when IS took over – as Hussein discovered one terrible day at school. On the last day of his short life, 10-year-old Sami* had something ...

On July 4th, 2014, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi ascended the steps of Mosul’s Great Mosque. WILL McCANTS, Author, The ISIS Apocalypse: Baghdadi never shows his face, but the one occasion that he did ...

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A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern ...

The Khasfa Well Pit, located south of Mosul, was a mass grave where thousands of victims were dumped during the ISIS era. For more than six years, the site remained covered with sand. Now ...

Copy and paste the code in your html to embed this video, making sure to credit Cineuropa: The documentary questions what it means to be a son of Isis in Iraq today, a country that has fought a ...

IRAQI troops liberated several buildings inside the Mosul university campus from Isis yesterday. The troops entered the university grounds in the morning hours and by afternoon, they had taken control ...

Rome, October 17 - An Iraqi operation to retake the city of Mosul, the last stronghold of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, has started. Artillery began pounding the city early on Monday ...

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