ISIS in Mosul Is Nowhere Near Breaking Point, Two More Islamic Terror Groups Stand by
As the second week of the US-led coalition offensive to retake Mosul draws to an end, the Islamic State appears
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Iran’s Tel Afar op is in sync with Russia in Syria
The pro-Iranian Iraqi Shiite drive to capture Tel Afar, 55 km from Mosul in western Iraq, was designed less to
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Pro-Iranian Shiites ready to lead Mosul operation
The US-led coalition offensive for liberating Mosul from ISIS suffered two ominous downturns on its 10th day Friday, Oct. 28,
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Comparing the US-led Mosul Operation with Russia’s Intervention in Aleppo
The similarities between the US-led offensive in Mosul and the Russian-backed operation in Aleppo are less striking than their differences.
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ISIS Counteroffensives across Iraq May Spread to Baghdad and Jordan
The first week of the grand offensive designed to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State showed gaps in the thinking
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Fiercely resistant ISIS seizes two Iraqi cities
Official US optimism was absent from the latest Pentagon spokesman’s evaluation of the state of the offensive to wrest Mosul
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Tehran will fight Turkey’s role in Mosul operation
The involvement of Turkish special operations, armored and artillery forces in support of the Kurdish Peshmerga battle to drive ISIS
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The big Mosul offensive is stuck, halted by ISIS
Less than a day after its launch, the big Mosul offensive prepared for more than a year by the US,
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Obama set for Mosul battle, leaves Aleppo to Putin
The warlike rhetoric heard from Washington over the plight of the stricken Syrian town of Aleppo does not represent any
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Mosul Operation Brought Forward to October at Obama’s Insistence
The US-led operation for the liberation of the Iraqi town of Mosul from ISIS occupation has been brought forward from
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