Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by ISIL (ISIS) during its years ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the ...

MOSUL, Iraq --The antiquities museum in the Iraqi city of Mosul is in ruins. Piles of rubble fill exhibition halls and a massive fire in the building’s basement has reduced hundreds of rare ...

Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, fell under ISIS rule in the summer of 2014, when the jihadist group took over swaths of northern and western Iraq. Mosul is the group’s last urban stronghold ...

It captured Mosul in June 2014, butchered thousands of people and prompted an exodus from Iraq’s second largest city. Harrowing accounts of suffering and survival surfaced in the ensuing months.

Mosul is the most critical battle to date in the campaign to drive the Islamic State from Iraq. It is Iraq’s second-largest city and was captured by militants more than two years ago.

The Iraqi forces moving on Mosul will include at least 10 Iraqi Army brigades and two Kurdish Peshmerga brigades, all trained by the U.S. led coalition in Iraq.

Nearly 2,000 Iraqi troops were killed across Iraq in November as they battled to force ISIS extremists from the country, according to newly released UN figures.

Mosul’s population, among the most diverse in Iraq, includes substantial populations of Sunni Arabs, Assyrian Christians, Kurds, Yazidis, Turkmen, and other minorities.

A long-awaited offensive to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State began early Monday morning, with U.S. forces involved in their largest operation since withdrawing from the ...

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has arrived in Mosul and to declare victory over ISIS in the city, his office said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrives Sunday in Mosul.

Reporting from Mosul, Iraq — In the biblical book of Jonah, God wants to destroy the city of Nineveh because of its wickedness, but Jonah begs him to have mercy, and he relents.