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78 Killed in Iraq Before Troops Pause Advance Towards Mosul

Edit Antiwar 29 Oct 2016
The International Organization for Migration estimates that almost 16,000 people have been displaced by fighting since the Mosul operation against the Islamic State militants began. But, there are also reports that tens of thousands more have been forcibly moved from their homes to be used as human shields ... In Qaraqosh (Hamdaniya), three suicide bombers were killed.Read more by Margaret Griffis....

Update: air strikes against Daesh (MoD - UK Ministry of Defence)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
The same day, to the south-east of Mosul, near Qaraqosh, Typhoons used Paveway IVs in a simultaneous attack on three Daesh-held buildings where a large group of fighters had assembled, including local commanders ... A pair of Typhoons from Akrotiri used two Paveway IV guided bombs to destroy the entrances to tunnels beneath an embankment near Qaraqosh ... A Reaper kept close watch on Daesh positions near Qaraqosh to the south-east of Mosul....

Iraq: Warning over use of White Phosphorus around Mosul (Amnesty International United Kingdom Section)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
(Source. Amnesty International United Kingdom Section). 28 Oct 2016, 2.21pm. The use of white phosphorus around the city of Mosul could pose a deadly risk to civilians fleeing the fighting in the coming days and weeks, Amnesty International said today ... Clashes between IS and Iraqi government forces were taking place in Hamdaniya (Qaraqosh), a few kilometres south of Karemlesh at the time ... Background ... View latest press releases ... (noodl....

Iraq: Use of white phosphorus munitions puts civilians at grave risk (Amnesty International USA)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
(Source. Amnesty International USA). The use of white phosphorus around the city of Mosul could pose a deadly risk to civilians fleeing the fighting in the coming days and weeks, Amnesty International said today ... 'White phosphorus can cause horrific injuries, burning deep into the muscle and bone ... Clashes between IS and Iraqi government forces were taking place in Hamdaniya (Qaraqosh), a few kilometres south of Karemlesh at the time....

Hiding from ISIS: Women fight for survival by staying put

Edit CNN 27 Oct 2016
Erbil, Iraq (CNN)The small dorm room in Kirkuk, with gray-speckled terrazzo floors and wooden cots, was home to Monaly Najeeb and six other Christian women after ISIS took hold in Mosul and they were forced to abandon college ... The church-run residence for the displaced girls became a sanctuary ... Read More ... The girls' families lost ancestral homes in Qaraqosh, once Iraq's largest Christian city, when they fled to survive ... MORE ... MORE ... Replay....

Dispatches from the frontline: Bernard-Henri Lévy on the road to Mosul

Edit New Statesman 27 Oct 2016
The French's philosopher's documentary, Peshmerga, followed the Kurds fighting Islamic State in northern Iraq. Now, he and his team are back in Iraqi Kurdistan ... Return to Kurdistan ... Nothing has changed ... *** ... Sheikh Amir is the last liberated village before the beleaguered Christian city of Qaraqosh, which IS captured in 2014 ... *** ... Neither he nor any of the Christians in the Qaraqosh region has any confidence in the Iraqi government ... *** ... ***....

Iraqi priests resurrect cross in Christian town nearly recaptured from ISIL

Edit The National 26 Oct 2016
QARAQOSH // Iraqi army Humvees roar through the arid plains of Nineveh province, kicking up immense clouds of dust as they follow the dirt track that winds its way to the front ... They are on their way to Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, where the Iraqi army is fighting to expel the last ISIL fighters. Qaraqosh fell to ISIL in August 2014, shortly after the insurgents shocked the world by taking control of nearby Mosul....

Displaced Iraqis watch Mosul offensive with longing and fear

Edit Springfield News-Sun 26 Oct 2016
Reports about the battle for Mosul play on the TV set in the makeshift barber shop where Faris Khatham cuts hair, but sometimes the news is so overwhelming that he has to change the channel to a sports program ... "When you see the town, everything is destroyed," he said. "That causes me pain, and of course I'm devastated." ... Gen. Haider Fadhil ... The town, which also has been called Qaraqosh and Bakhida, has "changed a lot," Khatham said ... ....

Wave of strikes as IS puts up tough defence of Mosul

Edit Deccan Herald 25 Oct 2016
Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced stiff resistance from the Islamic State group despite an unprecedented wave of US-led coalition air strikes in support of the week-old offensive ... He said 136 IS fighting positions, 18 tunnels and 26 car bombs were destroyed ... On the eastern side of Mosul yesterday, federal troops were battling IS in Qaraqosh, formerly Iraq's largest Christian town ... ....

Mosul offensive: Iraqis arriving at camp bring tales of peril

Edit BBC News 24 Oct 2016
The Dibaga camp, an hour's drive south of Irbil, is home to nearly 30,000 people who have been displaced by Islamic State fighting in northern Iraq ... A little further into the camp, is the aid distribution centre ... Most of the residents there are from the town of Qaraqosh, which was recently stormed by the Iraqi forces ... Qaraqosh has been contested for days, but the latest reports suggest that the Iraqi forces are in control at the moment....

ISIL steps up attacks across Iraq to relieve pressure on Mosul

Edit The National 24 Oct 2016
BAGHDAD/ BARTLLEA // ISIL expanded its attacks against the Iraq army and Kurdish forces across the country on Monday, trying to relieve pressure on the group's defences around Mosul, its last major Iraqi stronghold ... ISIL, meanwhile, claimed that two peshmerga vehicles were destroyed and all those on board killed ... Also on Monday, Iraqi troops were battling ISIL in Qaraqosh, which used to be the largest Christian town in the country....

Kurdish commander: ISIS militants 'bad men. They will die'

Edit The Oklahoman 24 Oct 2016
The determination to rout ISIS is evident throughout ... "They are bad men, they will die." ... Latest developments ... United against ISIS ... Lt. Gen. Riyad Jalal, commander of the Iraqi ground forces, told state-run al-Iraqiya TV Sunday that the town of Hamdaniya, also known as Qaraqosh, had been freed and that authorities were now in the process of bringing back local officials to reopen main public buildings and plan the repair of infrastructure....

Iraq forces press on Mosul assault

Edit Arabnews 24 Oct 2016
Author. . Agencies. Mon, 2016-10-24. ID. . 1477258292405028000. IRBIL, Iraq. Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting Daesh militants behind attacks elsewhere in the country ... Elite federal forces are also fighting to retake control of Qaraqosh, which lies just east of Mosul and used to be the largest Christian town in Iraq ... Lt. Gen ... ....
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