Jul 09 Watch 2:54 Iraq declares victory over ISIS in Mosul By PBS News Hour The U.S.-backed Iraqi army won the battle for Mosul on Sunday, ousting the Islamic State from the city it seized three years ago. Though sporadic resistance by cornered ISIS militants continues, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory nine months… Continue watching
Jul 09 Iraqi forces retake Mosul, the Islamic State’s de-facto capital By Michael D. Regan More than three years after the Islamic State captured Mosul, Iraqi forces on Sunday retook the city from the self-proclaimed caliphate after months of intense fighting. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 2:53 News Wrap: Iraqi prime minister heralds victory over ISIS in Mosul By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Tuesday, Iraqi soldiers in Western Mosul advanced deeper into the last pocket still being held by Islamic State forces. Meanwhile, a Kurdish-led militia breached the heart of ISIS's self-proclaimed capital in Syria. Also, Canada will… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 4:30 Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, ISIS’s de facto capital By PBS News Hour The Iraqi army is moving closer to taking back control of Mosul from Islamic State militants who captured the city three years ago. U.S. Army forces are joining Iraqi troops in the fight while thousands of civilians, trapped in the… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 3:30 Iraqi forces reclaim historic Mosul mosque as ISIS territory shrinks By PBS News Hour Iraqi forces have recaptured from the Islamic State group a mosque compound in Western Mosul, a major symbolic victory after months of fighting. The al-Nouri Mosque is where ISIS's leader declared the formation of a so-called caliphate across much of… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch 9:10 Difficult battle for ISIS capital Raqqa begins By PBS News Hour U.S.-backed Syrian groups have begun the battle to retake the city of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. The U.S. military says the battle will be "long and difficult," and perhaps made more complicated by the crisis… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Pentagon confirms March airstrike killed civilians in Mosul By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Pentagon has concluded that a U.S. airstrike that was originally intended to kill two Islamic State snipers led to the death of at least 105 civilians in Mosul, Iraq. Also, a federal appeals court… Continue watching
Apr 13 Remember Simba and Lula suffering at Mosul’s zoo? This rescue team has good news By Larisa Epatko After one failed attempt to rescue a lion and bear from the Mosul zoo in Iraq, a team from Four Paws this week successfully brought Simba and Lula to their new home -- an animal sanctuary in Jordan. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 8:12 Reduced to rubble by ISIS, archaeologists see a new day for ancient city of Nimrud By Marcia Biggs When the Islamic State militant group captured parts of Northern Iraq in 2014, it declared war on the ancient city of Nimrud. Though reclaimed by Iraqi forces last November, the ruins have been forever changed, the victim of massive destruction. Continue watching
Mar 29 U.S. opens formal investigation into civilian deaths in Mosul By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The military has launched a formal investigation to determine what role the U.S. played in the deaths of dozens of civilians in Mosul, Iraq. Continue reading