Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) launched an operation Saturday to retake the town of Tal Afar from the ISIL group and cut ‘jihadist’ supply lines from Mosul to Syria, a spokesman said. “The operation aims to cut supplies between Mosul and Raqa and tighten the siege of (ISIL) in Mosul ...
The UN said Tuesday it had received reports of dozens of execution-type killings by the ISIL group, including the slaying of 50 former police officers, as Iraqi troops close in on Mosul. The allegations — which remain “preliminary” — have come from a range of civilian and government sources, who ...