More From Campbell MacDiarmid
Frontline Mosul: Isis suicide bombers strike as final battle for jihadi stronghold begins
Islamic State sleeper cells in east Mosul mark the start of a new insurgency.
Feb 20, 2017
Escape from Isis: Mosul families flee jihadi death squads on boats across the Tigris
Exiles say Islamic State fighters still roam the streets of West Mosul in suicide vests and niqabs.
Jan 26, 2017
Isis fighters flee western Mosul by boat leaving streets littered with bodies and blood
Iraqi soldiers in eastern Mosul have celebrated victory by pausing for selfies with Daesh corpses.
Jan 20, 2017
Mosul front: Lost in the desert with the anti-Isis Shia militias of the Popular Mobilization Units
Fighters and journalists came under fire at a newly-liberated airport outside Tal Afar.
Nov 23, 2016
Isis mortars and coalition air strikes bring death to Mosul civilians from land and sky
IBTimesUK reports from frontline where Islamic State open fire on residents as they flee but Iraqi artillery and air strikes 'have killed dozens'.
Nov 15, 2016
Mosul front: Isis infiltrators sneak behind Iraqi lines as civilians flee jihadi stronghold
Both Iraqi and Kurdish forces have been criticised for their heavy-handed treatment of suspects.
Oct 28, 2016
Mosul front: Kurdish fighters face Isis death wagons and die-hard snipers in final battle
IBTimes UK reports from northern Iraq as Peshmerga advance column probes Islamic State's last bastion.
Oct 18, 2016
Isis in Iraq: US to arm two Kurdish brigades ahead of push to take Mosul from Daesh
Kurdish forces complain they still don't have the fire-power to defeat Islamic State.
Feb 01, 2016
Iraq: Isis massacre of Yazidi women deemed unworthy sex slaves discovered in liberated Sinjar
Kurdish victory has quickly descended into looting and infighting by rival factions.
Nov 17, 2015
Iraq: Inside the scary, gun-toting, Isis-hating Iraqi Kurdish town you've never heard of
Kurds say they're crazy and the only thing Chemchemal locals hate more than the state is Isis.
Nov 11, 2015
Kurds rail against government corruption as protests turn violent in Iraqi Kurdistan
Civil servants have not been paid for three months as young Kurds eye smuggling routes to Europe.
Oct 16, 2015
