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YemenExtra Y.A An Iraqi police officer saved scores of lives in the Babel Governorate, today, after a would-be suicide bomber tried to enter a mosque in the Musayeb District. The Iraqi Ministry of Defense said that the unnamed police…

YemenExtra Y.A According to the leader of the federal police, Ra’ed Shaker Joudat on Saturday the Iraqi Armed Forces have freed two thirds of Mosul’s Old City District during the past two weeks. As a result of the army and federal…

YemenExtra At least 100 civilians reached the safety of a government-held area west of the Old City in one 20-minute period, tired, scared and hungry. Soldiers gave them food and water. More than 100,000 civilians, of whom half…

YemenExtra Y.A On Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi said Mosul was probably  to be liberated of terrorists within days. "The Daesh occupies only 500 square meters in the center of the old city, where no more than 200…

YemenExtra Y.A An Iraqi army humvee patrolled al-Agidat neighbourhood of Mosul, Thursday, a few hundred metres from the rubble of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri that was reportedly damaged by the so-called "Daesh", backed by Saudi Arabia ,…

YemenExtra Y.A Amaq Agency has reported a succesful raid on an Iraqi military headquarters in western Anbar, near the border with Syria. After the attack, "Daesh" militants , backed by Saudi Arabia, burnt lorries and tents desolated…

YemenExtra Y.A On Wednesday evening, the Al-Nouri mosque in the Old City of Mosul was exploded  by explosives placed by "Daesh" elements , backed by Saudi Arabia , an Iraqi military source said . The disreputable mosque was reduced…

YemenExtra M.A. US aircraft shot down an Iranian-made drone close to al-Tanf border crossing, two days after the US coalition gunned down a Syrian SU-22 bomber southwest of Raqqa. According to a CNN reporter, a US F-16 fighter jet downed…

YemenExtra Y.A Iraqi troops said ,Tuesday (Jun 20) , they were fighting fierce battles with the "Daesh " group , backed by Saudi Arabia, and saving fleeing  civilians as they pursued their offensive against Mosul’s militant-held Old…

YemenExtra Y.A Iraqi border guards on Monday continued to advance from al-Walid border post with Syria toward al-Qaim port and regain control of a distance of 40 kilometers from the grip of "Daesh" organization , backed by Saudi Arabia.…