Falluja

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  As Offensive Nears, ISIS Rigs Mosul With Bombs

  ISIS terrorists have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the terrorists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and US officials said.

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  Nearly 120 Killed In Overnight Baghdad Bombings Claimed By ISIS

  Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.

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  Iraqi Forces Take Falluja Government Building From ISIS

  Iraqi forces on Friday entered the centre of Falluja, the Iraqi city longest held by ISIS, nearly four weeks after the start of a US-backed offensive that cleared out the tens of thousands of residents still there.

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  Falluja Children Face Extreme Violence, UNICEF Says

  At least 20,000 children remain inside besieged Falluja, ISIS's stronghold near Baghdad, facing the risk of forced recruitment in the fighting and separation from their families, the United Nations' children's agency said on Wednesday.

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  Iraqi Army Pause At Southern Edge Of Falluja As ISIS Fights Back Vigorously

  ISIS terrorists fought back vigorously overnight against an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday.

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  Iraqi Army Storms To Edge Of ISIS-Held Falluja Under US Air Support

  The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIS terrorists.

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  Before Mosul, Iraqi Army May Face Fight At The Gates Of Baghdad

  Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul: Falluja, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists sitting at the western gates of the capital.

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  Heavy Fighting as Iraqi Forces Try to Surround Falluja

  Iraqi Shi'ite fighters and army troops made gains north of Falluja on Sunday but their efforts to seal off Islamic State militants in the city met heavy resistance, including suicide bomb attacks, army sources and militia fighters said.

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  Life Under Islamic State in Iraq's Falluja: Danger, Rage and Profit

  After Islamic State seized Falluja in January it persuaded a man making covers for cars to sell suicide vests instead, one of many changes in the Iraqi city as it adapts to life under the ultra-hardline Sunni militants.

• Sunni Islamists overrun Iraqi town after seizing city

  Sunni Islamist insurgents took over much of a northern Iraqi town on Thursday and laid siege to its town hall, weeks after militants seized a whole city from the country's Shi'ite-led government.

• Iraqi army prepares to storm militant-held Falluja

  Iraqi security forces are preparing to storm Falluja and break a month-long standoff with militants who are in control of the city, senior security officials and troops told Reuters on Saturday.

• Iraq's Prime Minister says army won't attack Fallujah, militants must go

  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday ruled out a military assault on Fallujah, saying he wanted to spare the city more carnage and give Sunni Muslim tribesmen time to expel al Qaeda-linked fighters.

• Iraqis seek political solution to avert army attack on Falluja

  The prospect of an imminent Iraqi army assault on Falluja receded on Friday as negotiators tried to work out a deal under which al Qaeda militants who seized the city 10 days ago would give way to Sunni Muslim tribal leaders.