MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in ...

ERBIL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces pushed Islamic State fighters back further in Mosul on Tuesday in a renewed effort to seize the northern city and deal a decisive blow to the militant ...

After Saddam's fall, there were rumors in the region that the Iraqi leader and his sons were being sheltered by Arab tribes in the countryside between the city and the Syrian border. U.S. special ...

An Iraqi elite unit has reclaimed more than 25 miles of territory south of Mosul in the fight against Islamic State militants. In the two weeks since the offensive to retake Mosul began, dozens of ...

Oil flowed officially last week out of the Mosul province of Irak, out of a 35-year welter of some of the world’s most intricate connivance and double-cross. It was 1900 when a Briton discovered oil ...