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| UpdatedThousands of civilians flee western Mosul as government forces continue to push Islamic State militants back in their last key stronghold in Iraq.
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| UpdatedUS-backed Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul, advancing in several populated southern districts after punching through the defences of Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
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Iraqi forces backed by the US-led international coalition on Thursday fought their way into a sprawling military base outside Mosul and onto the grounds of the city's airport, taking control of the runway amid fierce exchanges of fire with Islamic State group militants.
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| UpdatedIraqi forces capture Mosul airport hours after launching a major offensive against Islamic State militants, who control the western half of the city, state television reports.
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to discuss global security and how the two nations will prepare for foreign fighters attempting to return if Mosul is successfully liberated.
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| UpdatedThe battle to reclaim Mosul from Islamic State militants is unlikely to be over until at least the middle of the year, counter-insurgency expert David Kilcullen says, adding it will be even harder to prevent civilian deaths.
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WARNING: This video contains footage that some viewers may find distressing. A young girl, Dunya Uday, dies of a head injury in a refugee camp, 20 kilometres outside Mosul, February 17, 2017.
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| UpdatedAmid the chaos and carnage of the battle for Mosul, Middle East correspondent Matt Brown came across a scene so sad he will never forget it: a little girl, dead from a head wound caused by shrapnel from a mortar that exploded near her home.
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ABC Middle East correspondent Matt Brown updates on the latest in the offensive to reclaim West Mosul.
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Four Corners reporter Matt Brown heads into the battle for Mosul with the Iraqi army.
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Military helicopters shoot at IS fighters on the streets of Iraq's besieged city of Mosul.
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ABC Middle-East correspondent Matt Brown watches on as Iraqi soldiers target IS snipers hiding in the trees.
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| UpdatedThe battle for Mosul is street-by-street, with Islamic State suicide bombers and snipers a constant threat as the fighting rages. Correspondent Matt Brown and cameraman Aaron Hollett journeyed to the front line to experience the fighting firsthand.
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| UpdatedUS-backed Iraqi forces launch an offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul city, which has been in the hands of extremists since 2014.
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Defence Minister Marise Payne leaves open the possibility of bolstering Australia's commitment to the fight the Islamic State group, after her meeting with US Defence Secretary James Mattis.
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| UpdatedA car bomb in Baghdad kills at least 59 people and wounds more than 60 others, police and medical sources say.
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| UpdatedThe Iraqi air force has carried out a series of air strikes on a residence where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military says, without clarifying whether or not he had been hit.
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| UpdatedThe most senior Australian leading the Coalition fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq warns the terrorist organisation's ruthless tactics could be replicated by others around the world.
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Mosul is in a state of suspended animation, with control of the city split between Iraqi Government forces and the Islamic State group. Any eventual 'mission accomplished' against terrorists in the Mosul could simply mean a new conflict could erupt, writes correspondent Matt Brown.
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| UpdatedAs the reality of US President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration hits, immigrants and their relatives grow anxious about what this means for their families
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| UpdatedAn Iraqi man who was detained overnight at a New York City airport because of President Donald Trump's ban on refugees from certain Muslim nations calls America "the land of freedom" after being released from custody.
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More than 100 ancient Assyrian and early Islamic artefacts are discovered in an Islamic State safe house on the recently recaptured Left Bank of Mosul in Iraq.
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The United Nations says it is "racing against the clock" to prepare emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of endangered civilians in Mosul with an Iraqi army offensive looming to oust Islamic State.
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Iraqi forces win a string of swift territorial gains in Mosul in the fight against the Islamic State group, including a number of buildings at the Mosul University, according to military officials.
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Iraqi special forces storm the Mosul University complex in the city's north-east, pushing forward to reach another bridge across the Tigris river and beating Islamic State militants further back, the military says.
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