Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters, more than a hundred villages have been liberated. But the battle for Mosul continues.

Mosul’s Old City, once a battleground, is now home to a breathtaking work of art: two majestic alabaster gates adorned with ...

For Iraq’s future — and to end the threat ISIS poses to the West — the battle for Mosul will be of critical importance.

In the APs first long-form 360 video project, Middle East Photo Editor Maya Alleruzzo teamed up with video editor Claudia Prat to produce a riveting and harrowing video, “House to House: The Battle ...

Photographer Emanuele Satolli has been covering the battle for Mosul since it first started. He recently returned as Iraqi forces work to free western neighborhoods from the deadly grip of ISIS.

The mosque and minaret were destroyed in June 2017 during the battle to oust IS from Mosul, and Iraq's authorities accused the jihadists of planting explosives before their withdrawal. The minaret ...

Their fight will not be easy. While ISIS, or Daesh, knows it will lose the city, it hopes to make the Battle of Mosul as militarily and politically bloody for Iraq as possible. In that scenario ...

"Iraq no good," he says, smiling and gesturing around him at the obliterated ruins of Mosul's Old City. This is the southwestern frontline in the battle for the Old City, where the elite Emergency ...

Across three trips to the frontline beginning last October and under the echoes of snipers and shells two filmmakers tell the story of the Iraqi assault on Mosul the biggest battle anywhere on the ...

The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh. They began destroying monuments, churches, and mosques in conquered areas of ...

Parents also face a battle to reclaim their identities. Many in Mosul had their Iraqi IDs destroyed by IS, who then issued knew papers. These, in turn, were destroyed when Iraqi forces closed in ...