Iraqi government forces have launched an offensive to liberate the western part of the city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State. Hundreds of military vehicles, backed by air power, rolled across the desert towards the jihadists’ positions early on Sunday. Iraqi forces retook two villages south of the city ... Read More »

Hundreds of people in Iraq are being treated for the effects of toxic gases after a sulphur plant was set alight in fighting with so-called Islamic State. The US military says IS fighters set the plant on fire earlier this week, as they fled an advance by pro-government forces on ... Read More »

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on Islamic State (IS) militants early on Sunday, as part of a campaign to capture the de facto IS capital Mosul, a Kurdish official said. The advance began after heavy shelling and U.S.-led coalition air strikes against IS forces, a Reuters correspondent reported ... Read More »