Middle East

Iraqi government launches offensive on west Mosul

Prime minister announces start of military operation to take back ISIL's last major urban territory in Iraq.

Inside Story

Will latest Iraqi offensive mean end of ISIL in Mosul?

Iraqi forces and their allies have been fighting for months to push ISIL out of Mosul.

Battle for Mosul

Battle for Mosul upends false Iraq narrative

Analysis: The success of Iraq's counterterrorism forces highlights deep public misconceptions about the war on ISIL.

Battle for Mosul

Thousands return to Iraq's Mosul as fighting continues

More than 46,000 people go back to homes in east of city despite fierce fighting between ISIL and government forces.

Battle for Mosul

Fighting the flames of ISIL in Iraq

Firefighters are still working to extinguish the oil wells torched by ISIL as the group retreated from Qayyara.

Talk to Al Jazeera

ISIL slept in our home

What is homecoming like when you find out that ISIL lived in your house? Returning Iraqis tell us their stories.

Battle for Mosul

Taking west Mosul: A bridge too far?

Squeezing ISIL out of west Mosul will perhaps be the most defining battle in Iraq following the US-led invasion in 2003.

by Tallha Abdulrazaq

Battle for Mosul

Mosul University after ISIL: Damaged but defiant

Faculty and students of Mosul University, which was recently retaken from ISIL, vow to save its legacy.

Battle for Mosul

Iraqi PM says eastern Mosul fully 'liberated' from ISIL

Haider al-Abadi says army took back eastern part of city, day after defence ministry retracted earlier claim of victory.

Battle for Mosul

100 days in, Iraqi army gears up for west Mosul push

Popular Mobilisation 'prepares' to soon launch operation in city's western part, even as fighting continues in the east.

Iraq

Iraq war map: Who controls what

As fighting in parts of Iraq intensifies, a visual breakdown of the control of territory after years of war.

Battle for Mosul

Battle for Mosul: Who controls what

Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, is now the scene of a battle for control between Iraqi, Kurdish, and ISIL forces.

Battle for Mosul

Iraqi Christians return to ISIL's wreckage

Iraqi forces retook Qaraqosh from ISIL late last year, but for residents finally returning home, the ordeal continues.

Iraq

Mosul: Iraqi forces 'liberate' east from ISIL fighters

Iraqi forces 'liberate' the last two neighbourhoods on the left side of the Tigris River in eastern Mosul.

War & Conflict

Iraqi forces retake key ISIL base as Mosul battle rages

Army says it has seized strategic university complex used as base by ISIL fighters following two days of fierce clashes.