The ISIL group on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack near Mosul it said was carried out by a British suicide bomber, the SITE Intelligence Group reported. “Abu Zakariya al-Britani detonated his explosives-laden vehicle on a headquarters of the army in Tal Kisum village, southwest of Mosul,” the claim ...
Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way to Mosul airport Monday as they prepared to take on the ISIL group’s stronghold in the city’s west bank. The fresh push in the four-month-old operation to retake Mosul has sparked fears for 750,000 trapped civilians who risk getting killed ...
