Coalition wants Turkey to return region to local residents' control
How historic significance, location and demographic make-up contributed to city being chosen as center of would-be caliphate
It is first time pro-regime forces have targeted US forces in tense al-Tanf area
Action triggers intense combat and signals start of what US-led coalition says will ultimately be end of IS control in besieged city
US-backed troops have slowed operations, citing difficulty of protecting residents trapped in remaining IS-controlled areas
About 2,500 Yazidis, mostly women and children, reportedly remain in Islamic State captivity
Commanders say about 50,000 fighters will be participating in battle for IS stronghold, with aerial support from US-led coalition
Militant group is dumping goods on Iraqi markets in hopes of making quick profits needed to continue military operations
Islamic State activities in Iraq's Anbar province are now drawing additional attention from Iraqi and coalition forces
YPG is leading Syrian Democratic Forces, which has driven IS militants from large swaths of land in northern Syria over past two years with backing of US-led coalition
Experts say the second-largest dam in the Middle East still needs major work to ensure safety
People have been streaming out of city since start of Iraqi offensive in October 2016, and officials say their ranks rose to 600,000 this week
Sculptures, engravings ruined, but walls, towers of kingdom of Hatra still stand, says spokeswoman for Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces
26 Qataris are taken by plane from Baghdad to Doha on Friday evening
Speculation is growing amid word that messengers from the two groups have been communicating, but analysts see unification as unlikely
IS militants are predominantly using belts laden with explosives to stop Iraqi advances in areas of Mosul inaccessible to suicide car bombs
US officials say there won't be a hasty withdrawal of more than 9,000 US and coalition forces after Mosul's capture
Iraqi military leaders report fierce battles with IS fighters in dense neighborhood of old Mosul near Grand Mosque of al-Nuri
Officials believe many of the women were kidnapped in 2014 by Islamic State and belong to the Yazidi religious minority sect
'This is new strategy in struggle to liberate western Mosul from IS thugs,' says Iraqi Federal Police commander
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