A top US Army general on Tuesday flew in to an airbase south of Mosul that will prove vital in Iraqi forces’ operation on the city held by ISIL Takfiri terrorists. US Army General Joseph Votel, who heads the military’s Central Command, arrived at the base, which boasts a newly ...
Iraqi security forces on Tuesday regained full control of a western town that was attacked by ISIL group militants two days earlier, officials said. Seeking to draw attention away from an offensive to retake the city of Mosul, ISIL struck the town of Rutba in the country’s west and Kirkuk ...