ISIL group is forcibly gathering people in and around Mosul for possible use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces, residents said Wednesday, confirming UN fears. ISIL overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground, and Mosul is the last ...
The British daily “The Observer” published on Sunday an investigation by Emma Graham-Harrison about the new crimes committed by the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in booby trapping the toys of children in Mosul to stall the army’s campaign to liberate the city. The ...
