Faced with completely losing control of their so-called caliphate, militants announce male civilians aged between 20 and 30 must fight in their ranks 

Awat Hamasalih helped Isis through social media, crowdfunding and tipping off a commander in Iraq over an imminent attack

Lord Chief Justice says there is 'no prospect' of the case succeeding

The attack was still underway as witnesses reported hearing gunshots and explosions

Linda Wenzel, 16, ran away from home near Dresden to join jihadist militants but is now being detained in Iraqi prison

Civillians in the city faced a Catch-22: told by US-led Coalition forces to get away from Isis positions before they were shelled; yet threatened with execution by Isis if they tried to escape 

'I am carrying this weapon to take revenge'

Hundreds of detained Mosul men claim they have been wrongly rounded up and forced to suffer inhumane conditions 

Isis' proto-state project may fail but fight against jihadist ideology far from over, senior Kurdish anti-terrorism officer says 

The crass response of the leaders of the US-led coalition who orchestrated the attack on west Mosul shows that we are back in the Vietnam era when American officers were happy to volunteer that they were destroying populated areas in order to save them

Reports have surfaced once again that Isis’ notorious leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed - but the details are still unclear.

At first glance, the woman appears to be fleeing Mosul with the infant

Islamist group loses the city but can still fight a guerilla war in the deserts of Iraq and Syria 

Victory reported after eight-month battle

In the latest piece in his series from Iraq, Patrick Cockburn reports from Mosul where government forces are confident of eliminating Isis from the city very soon, leaving shattered streets for residents to return to