BASHIQA, Iraq – In normal times, the large town of Bashiqa, some 10 miles north of Mosul, has a population of 150,000 people. But these are not normal times. For the past two and a half years the town ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an agreement had been reached with Turkey over an Iraqi demand that Turkish forces withdraw from the Bashiqa camp near Mosul ...

Surrounded by the ruins of pastel-coloured buildings still bearing slogans glorifying the Islamic State's "caliphate", Wissam Ghanem is having a slow day selling beer, vodka and whisky. Iraqi forces ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Baghdad's remarks on the Bashiqa military camp in northern Iraq, where Turkey trains and equips rebels to fight Islamic State, are "dangerous and provocative", Turkish Prime ...

Vice PM Kurtulmuş has said “No one has the right to oppose presence of Turkey’s army in Bashiqa while Iraq has been fragmented this much” in response to Iraqi parliament’s decision. Speaking at ...

Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey Al-Alawi has declared that Turkey’s soldiers will withdraw from Bashiqa camp after Mosul operation is completed. Ministry of National Defense Işık said, “Presence of Turkish ...

Kurdish forces have caught a militant from the so-called Islamic State in Bashiqa according to footage released today. The capture, which took place last week, is part of their continued efforts to ...

CERCA DE BASHIQA, Irak (AP) – Combatientes curdos iraquíes intercambiaron fuego de artillería y cohetes con milicianos del grupo Estado Islámico el lunes, en su avance desde dos direcciones sobre un ...

MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 24 (UPI) --The Kurdish Peshmerga said the town of Bashiqa near Mosul is under control, cutting off a major supply route for the Islamic State. Bashiqa is about 8 miles northeast of ...

Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last ...