Iraqi forces ‘retake Mosul University’ from ISIL
15 January 2017 |
1:57 pm
Iraqi security forces say they now have full control over the strategic Mosul University.
Related
31 Dec 2016
Iraqi forces are facing fierce resistance from Islamic State militants in southern Mosul on their second day of a renewed push to take back the city after fighting stalled for several weeks.
15 Jan 2017
Iraqi security forces say they now have full control over the strategic Mosul University.
13 Feb 2017
Turkey is stepping up its involvement in Syria's war. As Turkish-backed forces secure control of Al-Bab, the president has said for the first time that he intends to press on towards ISIL's self-declared capital in Syria, Raqqa.
24 Feb 2017
U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces laying siege to Islamic State's last stronghold in Iraq have captured the city's airport and a nearby military base.
28 May 2017
Iraqi military say they are close to capturing the last Islamic State-held enclave in Mosul.
3 Jun 2017
Iraqi forces push towards Mosul's Old City.
19 Jun 2017
Iraqi forces began storming the Islamic State-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, an assault they hope will be the last in the eight-month campaign to seize the militants' stronghold.
29 Jun 2017
Iraqi forces seize more ground in Mosul from Islamic State.
6 Jul 2017
Iraqi forces evacuate civilians, IS families from Mosul's Old City.
9 Jul 2017
Iraqi soldiers celebrated on Saturday (July 8) in anticipation of a formal declaration of victory over Islamic State in Mosul.
23 Aug 2017
Iraqi forces enter Al Jazeera neighborhood in Tal Afar
Latest
2 hours ago
Jair Bolsonaro has returned to Brazil after a three-month self-imposed exile in the US to return to politics, complicating life for his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
2 hours ago
The statement of the body's presidency was adopted only weeks after a Security Council delegation visited DRC. The eastern region of DR Congo is rife with dozens of rebel groups with conflicting goals and interests.
2 hours ago
A recent report points to raccoon dogs as possible transmitters at the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. DNA samples collected at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market in China show that several raccoon dogs were present in areas where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was found. FRANCE 24's Science Editor Shirli Sitbon looks at what the data may have revealed and why it has disappeared from data-sharing site GISAID.
3 hours ago
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen touted US-Taiwan cooperation during her visit to New York. She is now heading to Central America.
3 hours ago
The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence returned Wednesday to the United States and joined his family after being held for more than two years.
