ERBIL, Iraq — The city of Tal Afar, a former Ottoman outpost not far from Mosul that has a mostly ethnic Turkmen population and has been home to a corps of Islamic State leaders, on Saturday became the focus of a growing struggle between Turkey […]
Tim Arango entered the city of Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday with Iraqi special forces soldiers. For the first time in more than two years, residents of eastern Mosul enjoyed a day without the Islamic State. As Iraqi security forces drove the muddy streets of the […]
Mr. Arango, the Times Baghdad bureau chief, is reporting from villages and humanitarian aid camps near Mosul. JADAA, Iraq — The first thing Musar Abid did when he escaped the Islamic State this week was grab a razor. “I shaved this morning,” he said, smiling […]
BAGHDAD — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s push for Iraq to let Turkey play a role in the Mosul battle encountered resistance Saturday from Iraq’s prime minister, who said his country’s forces will oust Islamic State the militants from the northern city. “I know that […]
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending dozens of additional intelligence analysts to Iraq to pore over a trove of information that is expected to be recovered in the offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State, data that could offer new clues about possible terrorist […]
By SARAH ALMUKHTAR and TIM WALLACE Raging fires and smoke marked a satellite image on Thursday of Mosul, Iraq, revealing the main thrust of the battle to retake the Islamic State stronghold. Iraqi and Kurdish forces pushed toward the city on three fronts, aided by […]
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