Iraq

Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati told reporters he was calling on militant group to surrender its positions.

Landmines and booby traps suggest the advance into Mosul will be slow and dangerous.

IBTimes UK reports from northern Iraq as Peshmerga advance column probes Islamic State's last bastion.

Amnesty International's new report details abuses suffered by Sunni Arabs fleeing Isis-controlled areas.

An Isis commander revealed that some fighters are willing to 'hand themselves over to the kuffar'.

Freeing what is known as the crown jewel in the Islamic caliphate can end Isis' stronghold in northern Iraq.

Kurds, Shia and Sunni forces are fighting together but they may struggle to stay united

The UN is bracing for the world's biggest humanitarian effort in the battle for Mosul, which could leave up to a million people homeless.

Defeat for Isis would effectively flush them out of Iraq, officials say.

Commander Omer Huseyin claimed US howitzers have started bombing the northern Iraqi city.

Doctors worried Simpson was poisined in the same way as murdered Alexander Litvinenko.

The claims were made in new book SAS Who Dares Wins: Leadership Secrets From The Special Forces.

The lunchtime attack in the Shaab neighbourhood wounded at least 60 more.

Daesh forces have constructed an elaborate tunnel system as they prepare for final stand.

Execution of 58 plotters comes with Iraqi government operation to seize stronghold imminent.

RAF Typhoons,Tornadoes and Reaper drones carried out 1,066 air strikes in Iraq and Syria.

Two French soldiers were severely injured in the explosion with others slightly wounded.

The email is one of 2,086 emails released by the whistleblowing outfit WikiLeaks.

Shia Muslims are gathering for Ashura, which commemorates the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein at the battle of Karbala.

British military personnel are also engaging in the information battle to defeat the jihadists.

Daesh's holdings are now equivalent to size of Sri Lanka.

The battle to retake the city from Isis could begin within weeks.

Theresa May says she will exempt armed forces from the European Convention on Human Rights.

Relations between Israel and Iraqi Kurdistan have strengthened since Saddam Hussein fell in 2003.

Wahida Mohamed said Isis killed her two husbands, three brothers and her father.

Isis has claimed the blast in Baghdad al-Jadida in an online statement.

Haider al-Abadi faces huge challenge winning back the faith of Iraq's Sunnis

The mother-of-three said she woke up in a strange house with injuries after a night out in the city.

An assault on Mosul could take place 'in weeks', despite Daesh militants building heavy fortifications.

At least 34 others injured in attack.