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IRAQI forces launched their long-awaited offensive to capture the Islamic State (Isis) stronghold of Mosul yesterday, gaining ground within hours.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of the big push in a televised address late on Sunday night.
Local Sunni Muslim and Assyrian volunteers, Shi’ite-dominated Popular Mobilisation Units and Kurdish Peshmerga forces joined the army in driving out the death cult from the capital of Nineveh province on the Syrian and Turkish borders.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
