All the neighbourhoods on the east bank of the Tigris River that divides the city of Mosul have now been retaken and Iraqi commanders are devising a strategy to tackle the western side of the city

Iraq's elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) continued to battle Islamic State jihadists inside the narrow alleys of MosulÂ’s Old City on Tuesday aiming to reach the Tigris river and announce the full liberation of Mosul

Plastic garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris river, but an army of young volunteers is cleaning up a stretch of it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

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Iraqi Federal police deploy new forces ready to launch a new offensive to retake areas in the South of Tigris river

Iraqi forces were advancing Monday in Mosul's eastern neighbourhoods with top commanders saying they would retake east Mosul from Islamic State group jihadists within days after Iraqi forces in the city reached the Tigris River for the...

Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River which runs through the centre of the city according to the spokesman for the Counter Terrorism Service

Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River which runs through the centre of the city the spokesman for the Counter Terrorism Service said Saturday

Iraqi forces from the Rapid Response Division continued to advance on Wednesday in east Mosul on their way to the Tigris river as dozens of civilians fled the fighting

Las fuerzas gubernamentales iraquies anunciaron el lunes que lograron controlar un primer puente sobre el rio Tigris en Mosul en el noveno dia de su ofensiva para arrebatar el oeste de la segunda ciudad de Irak al grupo yihadista Estado...

The bridges over Baghdad's Tigris river named to honour free men and martyrs have turned into frontlines between Iraq's protesters demanding regime change and security forces protecting key government buildings (Footage by AFPTV via...

In Turkey, the hamlet of Hasankeyf, which has stood on the banks of the Tigris river for 12,000 years, sinks more and more every day (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In Turkey the hamlet of Hasankeyf which has stood on the banks of the Tigris river for 12,000 years sinks more and more every day (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)