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Iraqi government and Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) forces in Tal Afar, August 25 (AFP)

August 27th, 2017 - 07:38 GMT

Tal Afar: Iraq Says 70 Percent of Daesh-held Town Retaken

Iraq has said that its military has retaken 70 percent of the Islamic State group holdout town of Tal Afar, a day after troops drove militants out of the city's historic citadel.

The loss of Mosul would be a death blow to the “caliphate” Daesh proclaimed after capturing the city in a massive offensive in June 2014. (AFP)

April 22nd, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Iraqi forces tighten the noose around Daesh in Western Mosul

The Iraqi army launched an offensive to retake west Mosul on 19 February. (AFP/File)

March 6th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

West Mosul offensive sees house-to-house fighting in battle against Daesh

Iraqi tanks and armoured vehicles advance towards the village of Sheikh Younis, after the offensive to retake the western side of Mosul commenced on February 19, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

February 20th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

52,000 additional troops sent to western Mosul in fight against Daesh

Talib al-Sheghati, who heads the US-trained elite Counter-Terrorism Service, was banned from entering the United States under Donald Trump's 'Muslim-ban.' (AFP/File)

February 2nd, 2017 - 12:31 GMT

Iraqi general, leading fight against Daesh, caught up in Trump’s ‘Muslim-ban’

Members of the Iraqi special forces Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) hold a position in Eastern Mosul. (AFP/File)

January 18th, 2017 - 02:02 GMT

Offensive on Daesh stronghold: Top Iraqi commander declares ‘liberation’ of eastern Mosul

Iraqi government forces wave the national flag from their vehicles in the village of Mohammadi, a few miles north of Hit, in Iraq's western province of Anbar on March 18, 2016. (AFP/Moadh al-Dulaimi)

March 19th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT