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Remarks by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter at a Troop Event in Baghdad, Iraq
October 22, 2016 — Remarks by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter at a Troop Event in Baghdad, Iraq...

Operation Inherent Resolve Casualty
October 20, 2016 — SOUTHWEST ASIA – On October 20, 2016, a U.S. service member died from wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Iraq. Further information will be released as appropriate...

Coalition supports ISF Mosul offensive
October 17, 2016 — BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces began the offensive to retake Mosul Oct. 17, 2016, with support from the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve...

Iraqi Security Forces Begin Battle for Mosul
October 17, 2016 — On Oct. 17, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, made the following statement regarding the start of the Iraqi offensive to liberate Mosul...

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Dorrian via teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq
October 12, 2016 — CJTF-OIR Spokesman U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian briefs the Pentagon Press Corps ...

Mosul’s Liberation From ISIL ‘Inevitable,’ Canadian General Says
October 5, 2016 — Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve's director of partner force development and the ministerial liaison team said that, as the U.S.-led coalition continues to support Iraqi security forces’ operations to seize Mosul, he has “every confidence” in the Iraqi forces’ ability to retake the key city...

Coalition, ISF to conduct investigation of strike in S. Mosul
October 5, 2016 — Coalition forces conducted strikes on a building being used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after they fired at Iraqi security forces in the vicinity of Khara’ib Jabr, a village south of Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2016...

Coalition Shapes Mosul Fight by Removing ISIL Leaders From Battlefield
September 29, 2016 — Air Force Col. John Dorrian told reporters that the coalition supporting the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is helping to shape the Iraqi forces’ upcoming battle for Mosul, Iraq, by targeting ISIL leaders...

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Colonel Dorrian via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq
September 29, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Colonel Dorrian via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq...

Carter: 600 Troops to Deploy to Enable Iraqis to Retake Mosul From ISIL
September 28, 2016 — While traveling in New Mexico, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said about 600 U.S. troops will be deployed to Iraq to further enable local forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...