Mosul

More than 200,000 civilians have fled west Mosul in the past month

US investigators are also looking at the apparent bombing of a school in Mansura near Raqa

U.S. coalition strike had hit an area where 200 civilians may have been killed as result of an air raid

Like many buildings in Mosul, the school bears the signs of warfare

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion

Khamis Khanjar said at least 3,500 civilians have been killed since the push into the western side last month

Prisoner release signals IS being over run my Iraqi forces

Says Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service assaults a west Mosul neighbourhood early on Friday

The focus on Wednesday was on clearing the newly retaken areas and defusing bombs in booby-trapped houses

More than 20 people have been killed in the bomb blast

Iraqi forces are fighting their way toward the old center of the city, advancing from the south and the southwest

Says four of them are showing severe signs associated with exposure to a blister agent

The Islamic State group media centre was hidden in plain sight in an upscale part of a west Mosul neighbourhood

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi tells supporters to either flee or ‘detonate themselves’

The road links Mosul to Tal Afar and then to the Syrian border

A division’s commander says the fight is not an easy one

Reporter killed by explosive device near on a roadside

The new offensive comes after government forces and allies finished clearing Islamic State from eastern Mosul

The attack comes hours after a suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels outside the Syrian town

The blast hit a security checkpoint, killing 41 people including 35 civilians

They started closing in on the airport four days ago

400,000 civilians could be displaced owing to the ongoing offensive in Mosul

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of the offensive in the northern city

Retaking West Mosul is expected to see fierce fighting between IS and the Iraqi forces

The strike followed reports militants are storing weapons in hospitals, schools, mosques and churches

TV footage showed young men holding Iraqi flags and covering their faces, running away as smoke filled Tahrir Square

A video clip of the moment they were parted shows Ayman clinging to Umm Ahmed and crying

Parliament calls for 'responding in kind' if the American side does not withdraw its decision

Counter-terrorism service troops drove the militants back inside the strategically located university complex

Yazidis were killed and taken captive by the hardline militants, who regard the Yazidis' faith as devil-worship

Iraqi PM has said it will take three months to rout Islamic State out of the country

We are sad to see what has been done to our holiest places by our own countrymen

The troops pushed towards Nimrud last week in an offensive to recapture Iraq's second city

On the eastern edge of Mosul, the target of a massive Iraqi military operation launched on October 17

Amnesty's report described several incidents in which groups of men were beaten with cables before being shot to death

The UN also had information about the abduction of at least 30 sheikhs in Sinjar last week

Gogjali, this week became the most advanced post of the massive Iraqi offensive launched last month

The recording released by the Islamic State-affiliated Al-Furqan media group was a rare sign of life from Baghdadi

More than 17,500 people have fled their homes toward government-held areas since the Mosul operation began

UN says IS using 'tens of thousands' as human shields in Mosul

The International Organisation for Migration said 15,804 people have been displaced since the operation began

Residents and military officials said many Islamic State fighters had relocated from eastern Mosul

More than 3,300 fleeing Iraqis sought help from the government on day nine of its offensive

If IS loses Mosul in Iraq, only Raqa in Syria will remain as the last major city it controls in either country

The offensive on Mosul is expected to become the biggest battle fought in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003

Abadi insisted no Turkish involvement was wanted following a meeting with US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter

Many speak of IS losing ground, of territory being rolled back

United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said an estimated 200,000 people are expected to be displaced

Says Turkey would play a role in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city from militants

Two local Kurdish peshmerga fighters grabbed it and took it back to their camp to inspect it where it blew up