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... had over two years to plan for it, and they’re bomb experts,” said NewsHour special correspondent Jane Ferguson by phone from Erbil in northern Iraq. It not only sows terror but is meant to slow the advancing troops, said Ferguson. She spoke with an Iraqi soldier who lost his ...
... ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Iraq's government says its security forces, with U.S. support, reclaimed two more districts in Mosul today from ISIS militants. This footage released today by the Iraqi defense ministry shows helicopter attacks on ISIS positions to dislodge militants who have occupied Iraq ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: Iraqi troops fought their way inside the city limits of Mosul, two weeks after their offensive began. They advanced after seizing the last village held by Islamic State fighters on the city's eastern edge. Special forces are using armored vehicles ...
Explosions in Iraq’s capital on Sunday killed at least 17 people and was possibly one of many retaliatory efforts to come in the country’s attempt to reclaim the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, according to news reports. The blasts mainly targeted neighborhoods in Baghdad that are ...
... the northern city. "I know that the Turks want to participate, we tell them thank you, this is something the Iraqis will handle and the Iraqis will liberate Mosul and the rest of the territories," Haider al-Abadi said through a translator after meeting with the Pentagon chief. Iraqi, Kurdish ...
... important to respect Iraqi sovereignty. But he stopped short of saying that he will press the Turks to remove any forces that are operating in Iraq without Baghdad's invitation. Carter's expected meetings in Ankara with top leaders and defense officials come amid escalating tensions between Turkey and Iraq ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: The battle for Mosul is the most important of the two-year campaign against ISIS in Iraq, and a defeat there would be a crippling setback for the extremists. We turn now to a man with detailed knowledge of the city and its ethnic and sectarian crosscurrents ...
As the campaign to free Iraq’s second largest city from Islamic State militants enters its fourth day, aid groups are rushing to prepare camps for the residents fleeing the fight. The Islamic State group took over the northern city of Mosul two years ago, and about 1 million residents ...
... city. The general estimated up to 6,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Mosul, putting up fierce resistance. Coalition airstrikes blasted ISIS positions today, as Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces kept pushing closer. LT. GEN. TALIB SHAGHATI, Iraqi Army (through translator): From this place, I appeal to all local fighters ...
... comparison, the U.S. has about 300 troops -- mostly special forces -- now in Syria acting as advisers, according to the Associated Press. The troops in Iraq will help with logistics and maintenance, in addition to training and advising Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga, but they won’t be doing ...
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