But the battle for Mosul continues. Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces have entered the city ... Ivor Prickett and Emin Ozmen—have documented Iraq’s push against ISIS and the ...

in Mosul. The Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF), more commonly known as the Golden Division, have fought inside Iraq's second-biggest city since 1 November. It is a gruelling, nasty fight ...

If Iraq is to prevent Daesh from carrying ... Kurdish militias and coalition Special Operations forces are advancing on Mosul along a wide eastern front. From the south, the Iraqi army is pushing ...

Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces described the attack as ‘one of the deadliest’ against it in a while.

Tamer was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

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Iraqi security forces deploy in Mosul, northern Iraq ... not only because he was the first to visit Iraq, but he was also very special and unique for his humility and inclusivity,” he said.