Eventos

Statement by the YPG "People's Defence Units" about Turkey surrounding the Afrîn canton with a number of tanks, Syrian rebels attacking Jaysh al-Thuwar (who are a part of the Syrian Democratic Forces) and about Turkish reconnaissance drones flying over the areas that the SDF/YPG had recently captured from IS.

Oil fields set on fire by a retreating ISIS in Qayyarah during the Mosul offensive by @Carl_Court

#ISIS just relased a map of areas allegedly under their control in #Kirkuk

TAF: "We support #Mosul operation with Fırtına howitzer and tank firing." #EuphratesShield

90% of #Kirkuk city is now under security forces' control

Pentagon identifies the sailor who was killed in an IED blast yesterday in #MosulOps as Jason C. Finan (34) of California. #Iraq

Abu Hashem al-Shami, the leader of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed (a group linked to the IS in Daraa) has been killed by Syrian rebel forces.

Turkey should have role in Mosul battle: Pentagon chief

Islamic State Claims Capture Of 10 Neighborhoods In Kirkuk City, Clashes Still Ongoing

Coalition Spox: Massive coalition airstrikes today on Mosul fronts. Also supporting the Peshmerga and people of Kirkuk wipe out infiltrating Daesh cells.

The social networking giant @Facebook activates safety check feature for its users in Kirkuk

Turkish defense minister says US keen to work with Turkey for Raqqa offensive

Iraqi journalist from Turkmeneli TV killed by ISIS sniper in Kirkuk: police and channel

IS sniper kills Iraqi journalist in Kirkuk: police

US troops fire artillery towards Mosul, a major part of the American involvement in the campaign to dislodge ISIS from there.

IS Amaq report on Kirkuk.

Black thick smoke rising from building where IS members are said to be inside

Rocket fell on Daquq grand market southern Kirkuk, 7 killed and more than 10 wounded.

US-led coalition warplanes shell ISIS positions in Sunni Arab populated neighborhood of Tis'een, Kirkuk

US-led coalition warplanes shell ISIS positions in Sunni Arab populated neighborhood of Tis'een, Kirkuk

ISIS militants attempt to break into prison inside Kirkuk city.

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter today met in Ankara with Turkey's president, prime minister and defense minister.

ISIS militants fire in different windows of the building, attempting to confuse security forces: Security source said

PKK fighters joined operations against ISIS sleeper cells in Kerkuk

Missile launches as new attack preparation South to Mosul

Nawaran, near Mosul: Peshmerga and journalists look on as a column of armored vehicles advance towards the foot of Bashiqa mountain

Coalition fighter jets launch airstrikes on ISIS positions in Kirkuk

Armed men attack boat carrying migrants off Libya, leaving at least 4 dead and 15 missing, says @seawatchcrew

Photos of Iraqi forces controlling Mishraq Sulfur State Company south of Mosul

4 ISIS fighters who attacked the Dubiz power plant & killed 10 workers were killed by security forces, Kirkuk governor Najmaldin Karim

At least three car bombs were detonated by the ISIS fighters and according to Sarhad Qadir, Kirkuk police chief

ISIS take 550 families from villages around Mosul as ‘human shields’, spokeswoman for the UN human rights office said

ISIS militants have sneaked to Kirkuk with IDPs, said Peshmerga spokesperson Halgurd Hikmat

At least 12 militants killed by security forces in Kirkuk, clashes are ongoing

Kirkuk: Smoke comes out of building where ISIS militants are trapped

ISIL sniper inside one of the Domiz district house's in Kirkuk.

Kurdish security arrests an ISIS militant in Kirkuk

IS claimed 4 suicide operations today at Mosul frontline so far

Fighting between Peshmerga and ISIS at Mansiyeh & Tarek company west of Kirkuk

First HPG (PKK) fighters arrive in Kirkuk to support Peshmerga with ISIS sleeper cells

Iran says 4 Iranians killed in Islamic State attack near Kirkuk

Islamic State takes 550 families to be human shields in Mosul: UN

Peshmerga forces surround building where ISIS militants are trapped in Kirkuk

Locals in Kirkuk take pictures of armed ISIS militants on rooftops

Turkish Red Crescent says sending aid for 10,000 to Iraq's Mosul

Islamic State Claims Suicide Attack On ISF North Of Qayyarah, South Of Mosul

Putin discussed Aleppo and Mosul with National security council of Russia

5th day of Mosul offensive, Iraqi Army captures Duwayzat al-Tahtani on Makhmour front in order to assert pressure on Telul al-Nasr

Islamic State Claims Repels Peshmerga Attack On North Of Mosul

Turkey should participate in Mosul Offensive, U.S. Defense secretary Ashton Carter says.

Turkey must participate in #MosulOffensive, U.S. Defense secretary Ashton Carter says.

Responding to the failed isis operation of Kirkuk, IMU artillery heavily shoots ISIS in Haweeja and al-Rashad south of Kirkuk

Brams tanks of Iraqi forces destroy 4 explosive vehicles , with finding ton and a half of explosives in the south of Mosul

IS says it is now attacking the Governor's building in central Kirkuk

Iran confirms four Iranians were killed in ISIS attacks on multiple buildings in Kirkuk

Islamic State's AmaqAgency Releases Map Shows Ongoing Battles In South, East and North Of Mosul

U.S. Defense Secretary Carter met Turkey President Erdogan

Security forces besieging several ISIS militants in Dar al Salam building and in Domiz district in Kirkuk

Lieutenant Gen. Riyadh Jalal, Iraqi infantry forces' com. met NPU Warriors, in Kanhash, preparing to Baghdedeh liberation

Iraqi F-16 flying over Mosul frontlines

Iraqi helicopters have been deployed over Kirkuk

Kirkuk: Video of one of the schools where the ISIS militants holed up

TOS-1A #MosulOps

The moment when IS entered al-Debs power plant

Turkmen PMU are sent into Kirkuk as Daesh activate sleeper cells within the city to distract from #MosulOps

Video: Footage shows moment ISIS militants entered Kirkuk city at 3 AM, launching surprise attacks.

ISF recapture Nanaah south of Mosul

Iraqi forces entering Kirkuk to help police to contain ISIS groups

Footage shows ISIL militants using mosque speakers to call people to stand with them inside Kirkuk.

Security has so far killed 20 ISIS militants, one left in the building running our of ammo - Kirkuk Security

Most of the ISIS militants sneak into Kirkuk with IDPs from outside of the province: Kirkuk security

ISIL elements in Kirkuk this morning

ISIS militants enter houses and mosques, taking civilians as hostages in Kirkuk.

ISIS militants enter houses and mosques, taking civilians as hostages in Kirkuk

Kirkuk security forces clash with ISIS militants as the group launches surprise attacks on the city.

ISIL militant walking in Al-Aden district in Kirkuk.

Islamic State group claims onslaught on Kirkuk, triple suicide attack on Dibis power plant: Amaq news agency

Dozens of fighters carrying rifles and grenades seen in neighbourhoods of Kirkuk: witnesses tell @AFP Iraq

Fierce clashes between Kirkuk security forces and ISIS ongoing

Islamic State Claims Capture Of Ghernata and Mamdouda Neighborhoods In Kirkuk City

Pictures received by Rudaw from residents in Kirkuk city show that ISIS militants are still present in some districts.

Al-Jazeera says more than 50 IS militants infiltrated Kirkuk city in the attack

The sound of bombs and gunfire still heard in Kirkuk city, Rudaw's correspondent reports

Heavy gunbattle ongoing in Kirkuk right now, local security forces still fighting against a IS cell inside the city

VIDEO: Clashes with ISIS militant in 6 locations inside Kirkuk this morning

Kirkuk is generally under control but shooting can still be heard, at least 8 from police, Asayish killed , say two sources in the city

IS claim to have attacked an electric company building killing all security forces inside in Kirkuk city

ISIL militants surrounded by local Iraqi forces in Al-Ghufran Mosque in Hay Huzairan Kirkuk

Kirkuk governor: Situation under control after hours of intense clashes with ISIS militants

Armed militants attack government buildings in oil rich Iraqi city Kirkuk .Witnesses +media reports

Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) forces have arrived in Kirkuk from Sulaymaniyah in the last hour and are now hunting down remaining ISIS cells

Reports that Da'ish suicide bombers attacked Dibis power plant near Iraq's Kirkuk, sparking clashes with security.

At least 1 Da'ish suicide bomber has been killed and another 3 detonated themselves in the former police HQ building in Iraq's Kirkuk.

Suicide attackers kill 16 at power plant construction site in Dibis, Iraq: officials tell @AFP

ISIS militants infiltrate Kirkuk city, occupy buildings, police kill six militants, clashes continue

A curfew has been imposed in Iraq's Kirkuk as local security forces pursue the Da'ish sleeper cells who were activated in the early hours.

08:10 am | Fighting underway in locations inside Kirkuk as ISIL militants attempted to control some provincial buildings.

Rudaw broadcast live from Kirkuk, fighting continues inside the city

Witnesses say at least 6 locations in Kirkuk attacked by militants

Kirkuk moments ago

Local reports: ISIL attack on government buildings in the southern districts of Kirkuk Iraq since 4 am

Smoke rises in Kirkuk among reports of an Islamic State sleeper cell attack

Clashes reported on the southern districts of Kirkuk Iraq

Libya forces free five foreign captives from Islamic State in Sirte, official says

Isis launched over 20 suicide car bombs today north and north east of Mosul: this one near Batnaya village close to TelOsqof Iraq

ISIS fighters spotted escaping Mosul disguised in women's clothing

Footage of the huge deployment of Iraq's armed forces in southern Ninawa for #MosulOp. The op is ahead of schedule.

90 new recruits finished their training with the Manbij Military Council (SDF), Syria.

It is not clear which frontline the American serviceman was killed today near Mosul. There were many at Nawaran however

Selfie of ISOF after fully liberating Bartala city

Iraq's army and Assyrian NPU forces preparing to liberate Bakhdida, southeast of Mosul

US Service member killed by blast from road-side bomb in Iraq. - Fox News

U.S soldier died in Mosul battle

U.S. military says American soldier dies of wounds from bomb in northern Iraq

A US service member killed in northern Iraq. He was wounded in an IED attack and medivaced off the battlefield but later died of wounds.

Some snaps from this morning's rollout with Peshmerga on the Bashiqa front, 20km from Mosul

Iraqi Abrambs tanks involved in fighting in Southern Mosul

Iraqi forces south to Mosul

6 ISIS snipers have been killed in Teskhrab village, 6 arrested and 4 surrendered themselves. 7 Peshmerga fighters have been killed

Iraqi forces seized Mishraq sulfur factory south of Mosul

Oil fires in Iraq South to Mosul

Reports of U.S. A-10 being shot down over Syria are false. All coalition aircraft are accounted for.

Iraqi Army clash with IS in al-Shawra district south of Mosul

US Apache targets ISIS positions in Tiskhrab village in support of Peshmerga operation

Church in Qaraqosh destroyed by Daesh

NPU reached Kanhash village southern Baghdedeh / Qaraqush getting ready to go forward to the town.

According to ISIS, the wreckage of the downed A-10 was targeted by military aircraft.

Apaches hunt ISIS as Peshmerga Forces standby to advance, north of Mosul.

Islamic State Amaq claims USA A10 CAS "downed" over Markadah south of Hasakah

Four US Apache helicopters provide air support to Peshmerga Ops against ISIS in north and north east of Mosul

Apache helicopters flying over Tiskharab and Bartila eastern Mosul, targeting ISIL bases.

Anadolu Agency takes aerial images of Syrian town of Dabiq, abandoned by Daesh after Operation Euphrates Shield

Peshmerga firing D-30 artillery piece at Nawaran Iraq

Islamic State group launch attack on Peshmerga base, vehicle laden with explosives, attack foiled. #MosulOffensive

Peshmerga forces bogged down all morning in village of Tish Kareem near Bashiqa by heavy resistance - IEDs and heavy gunfire

91 brigade of Iraq army in Khalidiya village

Russian Mindef: Belgian F-16 that hit Hasjik village in North Aleppo launched from airfield in Jordan

Peshmerga detonate another ISIS suicide car bomb headed toward Kurdish forces - northeastern Mosul

Iraqi special forces charge into the Mosul battle and enter nearby town held by the Islamic State group

'Amaq reported that ISIS fighters perpetrated the knife attack on Indonesian police in Tangerang Indonesia

More IDPs pour into areas marked as safe, many more expected to arrive as they flee the #MosulOffensive.

Reports that clashes have renewed between Syrian Army (+NDF) & IS attempting to advance

Syrian Army & NDF foiled large assault by IS on pipeline on Salamiyah - al-Sabourah front in east Hama countryside

Peshmerga forces detonate an ISIS suicide car bomb in northeastern Mosul

Member of Nineveh Provincial Council Hakem al-Zamli says ISOF have captured Bartella east of Mosul

Peshmerga official: 80% of today's objectives have been completed.

Volunteers at a check point near Shikhan trying to get to the frontline to fight Isis in Nawaran Mosul

Aljazeera reports that the Deputy military leader, General Mustafa Korani of the Basheeqa region is killed by explosion East of #Mosul

Iraqi Special Forces reportedly captured Assyrian town of Bartella east of Mosul from ISIS

Opposition is only 11Km away from Albab City and even SDF are on the move

ISIS mortar hits Peshmerga forces 3KM from Bashiqa, northeast of Mosul.

Peshmerga reportedly controlled Tishharab Sagher Village east of Mosul

Peshmerga Forces fired upon a unmanned ISIS drone and downed it earlier today on the Neweran front. Mosul

Iraq army Humvee parked beside the Tigris River, south of Mosul.

Apache attack helicopter flies along edge of Qayyarah base, south of Iraq's Mosul

2 killed, 1 injured by a car bomb explosion at the Northern entrance of #Azaz near the Turkish border.

Smoke rises from oil wells set afire by IS near Qayyarah, Iraq

Car bomb targeted the industry zone of Azaz in the north countryside of Aleppo, No information about casualties till now

France’s Hollande warns Mosul's IS group fighters could flee to Raqqa

Drones over Mosul 2 - Iraqi Army offensive to liberate Mosul viewed from above

Civilians continue to flee ongoing war against ISIS in Mosul

Peshmerga firing at an ISIS-held hamlet near Mosul

Peshmerga frees Khrab Dalil and Bir Halan villages in northeastern Mosul

Islamic State group claims to have attacked Peshmerga troops through suicide-bomb attacks earlier today

'Iraqi army has entered Bartella village' says Fazil Barwari Iraqi special force commander

Peshmerga fighter takes s selfie as he moves forward towards Isis positions at Nawaran frontline ,north Mosul

Iraqi forces break into towns of Sedawa, Khapata, Manaweer, Salahya, and Khalidyah south of Mosul

Kurdish elite Counter-Terrorism Peshmerga Unit (CTU) took part in the offensives against ISIS this morning

Kurdistan Region counter-terrorism forces detonate an ISIS suicide car bomb in Batnaya town, northern Mosul

Kurdish troops advancing on foot. Every step is risky due to IEDs. Main cause of death for Peshmerga fighting IS

Iraqi Prime Minister says battle to oust ISIS from Mosul is going more quickly than expected: AP

Peshmerga forces besiege ISIS inside the village of Tez Khrab, northern Mosul

Turkish army shells YPG in Afrin this morning

The entrance to Nowran. Kurdish troops now at the outskirts and moving in slowly

Iraqi security forces enter the town of Bartella, northern Mosul: Army

IS attack foiled in Tatarstan

Intense fighting ongoing between Peshmerga troops and ISIS

SDF's Jaysh al-Thuwar seize villages S and E of Shahba Reservoir from IS

Peshmerga forces advance in northern Mosul

Peshmerga engineer displaying mines left by ISIS. "These are Italian, from the stockpiles of Saddam," he said

Villages of Barima, Fazliya, Imam Razi, Nawaran and South and north Smaqa and Batnaya town captured by Peshmerga.

Peshmerga forces began a major offensive at dawn #MosulOffensive

Peshmerga captured 6 villages and the town of Batnaya from ISIS, a Peshmerga commander to @K24English

Heavy clashes ongoing in village of Tisxrab between Peshmerga forces and IS fighters.

Peshmerga cleared Nawaran area of ISIS bombs and continue progress

Iraq forces are advancing faster than expected on Mosul: Iraqi PM @HaiderAlAbadi tells Paris meeting

For the first time, we have seen very good coordination between Iraqi forces and Peshmergas in MosulOffensive — @HaiderAlAbadi.

Iraqi special forces launch 'large-scale' operation to retake Mosul

We must prevent ISIS leader [Abu Baker al-Baghdadi] from abandoning Mosul city to Syria, French president @fhollande says.

Multiple Egyptian airstrikes reported south of Sheikh Zuweid

French president @fhollande praises Peshmerga efforts against ISIS, calling them brave

ISOF are clashing with IS in outskirts of Bartella and Peshmerga have launched an assault on Naweran front

Iraqi forces fighting ISIL on Southern Mosul front

Two ISIL bombed cars destroyed by Milan weapon in Tiskhirab village

Correction: Batnay has not come under Peshmerga control yet. The village is encircled by Peshmerga forces, not captured — Rudaw

Peshmerga forces continue offensive on Naweran frontline

Peshmerga soldier displays remains of ISIS drone near Mosul.

Only ISIS booby traps that is preventing Peshmerga from advancing faster: Peshmerga commander

Rawan Barzani, brother of Kurdistan Region's PM is participating in anti-ISIS efforts, says Peshmerga troops fighting on behalf of world.

Kurdish YPG continues to advance towards al-Bab from Afrin this morning despite Turkish airstrikes. Now ~20km away

Iraq counter terrorism units have stormed Christian village of Bartella east Mosul not much resistance

ISIS IEDs/landmines and snipers as Iraqi forces launched offensive on Telskuf axis

Peshmerga forces on advance between Batnay and Tall Kayf, North to Mosul

Coalition Air Force coordinates with Peshmerga troops in anti-ISIS efforts, providing them with air cover

Peshmerga forces and coalition airstrikes pounding ISIL positions on Naweran axis

ISIL planted a lot of explosive devices around Batnay village

Peshmerga forces captured three villages; Naweran, Barima and Batany northeast of Mosul

Upper and Lower Smaqiya and Dere villages are under Peshmerga's control in Batnaya, northern Mosul.

Peshmerga raise the Kurdistan flag over Nawaran village, north of Mosul

Peshmerga forces are at the entrance of Baybukhat Bashiqa village

Peshmerga have taken a number of villages on Nawaran front, north of Mosul

Batnay village, 8km south of Tel Skuf, has been captured by Peshmerga forces. #MosulOffensive

Iraqi special forces are advancing on Bartella, 20km east of Mosul, backed by coalition airstrikes. #MosulOffensive

Peshmerga discovered an 800 metre-long tunnel between Fadhliya and Khorsabad villages, wide enough for vehicles to use

Peshmerga surrounded village of Kani Shirin near Mosul Dam NW Mosul

Airstrike on IS positions

On IS and Syrian refugees — Republican nominee for U.S President Donald Trump: Syrian refugees will be "the great Trojan Horse" and "tens of thousands of Syrian refugees definitely are aligned with IS".

'I think we can take back Mosul and then move into Syria and take back Raqqa.' - Democrat nominee for U.S President Hillary Clinton.