The Iraqi military said Sunday that soldiers south of Mosul have recaptured the Nimrud area, home to the site of an ancient Assyrian city that was blown up by the ISIL Takfiri group. “Units of the 9th Armored Division completely liberate the Nimrud (area) and raise the Iraqi flag over ...
Iraqi Special Forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul Friday despite heavy resistance from ISIL militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days. The elite Counter Terrorism Service troops broke through ISIL defense lines to enter the city early ...