Coalition engages well dug-in Isis miliants at close-quarters in maze of alleyways

Location of wanted ‘caliph’ unknown, but sources believe leader lying low in the desert

Militants remaining in Iraqi city captured in June 2014 are there to fight to the death

US troops in more visible support role in new phase of operation to recapture city from Isis

Pro-government forces push into eastern districts where battle has been deadlocked

Analysis: Defeat of the terror group could lead to the return of al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq

Militant group carrying out mass executions as Kurdish and Iraqi forces close in on Mosul

Analysis: Scores of villagers used as human shields and oil wells set alight

Dozens reportedly executed in village to deter people from helping US-led offensive

Fighting expected to intensify with up to one million people estimated to be uprooted

Iraq’s second largest city has been under the control of Islamic State since June 2014

About 90 villages recaptured around Iraqi city as assault against Isis continues

Turkish and Iraqi governments’ dispute casts pall on effort to oust Islamic State

Hundreds left with breathing issues after Islamic State set plant ablaze near Mosul

Iraqi and Kurdish forces say they have taken 20 villages near Mosul as assault advances

Ground troops supported by US-led air strikes seek to retake city from Islamic State

Assault to recapture city from Islamic State may see as many as 700,000 civilians flee

The city is Baghdad’s chief strategic, political and economic objective in the struggle for Iraq

Offensive to push Isis out of Iraq’s second-largest city nearly ready to start

Fighters capture strategic river crossing in Iraq backed by US-led coalition air strikes

Kurdish forces battling Islamic State militants seize 11 villages in latest push

Philip Hammond describes impact of ‘disastrous decision’ to select committee

Thousands in Iraq are risking their lives to reach army lines on a protected corridor

Iraq launches major operation to recapture the Islamic State bastion just an hour’s drive from Baghdad

In online statement Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in New Baghdad neighbourhood

Islamic State reported to be holding several hundred families as ‘human shields’

Analysis: Iraq’s prime minister needs to retake the city to maintain the support of Shias

Civilians flee violence as an uneasy alliance tries to take back towns near Mosul

Retaking of the city by Iraqi security forces hailed as a major blow against Islamic State

Defence secretary Ash Carter expresses condolences over fatalities near Fallujah

Washington accepts Assad ally must to be part of solution in war-torn country

Captives subjected to systematic abuse including electrical shock treatment and beatings

Islamic State clashes: Suicide attack outside Fallujah kills 17 Iraqi troops, 15 wounded

‘US and British governments were unable to intervene decisively because of hostile public opinion after Iraq and Afghanistan’

Group combines medieval executions and slavery with Hollywood-worthy propaganda

IS selects targets giving it strategic dominance and access to economic assets providing independence

Fall of Ramadi raises questions about strategy of avoiding using ground troops

US playing down Iran’s investment so as not to undermine nuclear negotiations

Coalition of 24 nations against Islamic State puts brave face on divisions in Paris

Jihadists demolish notorious government prison in historic Syrian city of Palmyra