Iraq's prime minister has acknowledged that human rights violations were committed during the battle to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, but says they were "individual acts".

The US-led coalition has said Iraqi forces have retaken all of Mosul from the Islamic State group with Iraq’s prime minister declaring "total victory" in the fight against the Islamic State group.

Latest: The US-led coalition has congratulated Iraqi forces on retaking Mosul from the Islamic State group after Iraq’s prime minister declared victory in the city.

Iraqi children who survived the brutal fight to retake Mosul from Islamic State have been left psychologically damaged by the extremist regime's rule and the battle to remove them

Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi has congratulated Iraqi fighters on "this big victory in Mosul" even as fighting continues in Mosul's Old City.

Islamic State militants are in a "fight to the death" as Iraqi forces close in on their last foothold in the northern city of Mosul, a commander has said.

Iraq’s Prime Minister has declared an end to the IS caliphate after Iraqi forces captured the compound of a landmark mosque in Mosul in which the Islamic State group originally announced their caliphate.

Islamic State (IS) fighters launched a string of counter-attacks in a western Mosul neighbourhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting of clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said.

Iraqi troops have pushed into the last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul, formally launching the final major battle of an eight-month campaign to drive the militants out of the city.

Iraqi forces have driven the militants from most of Mosul.

Islamic State militants have shot down an Iraqi army helicopter over Mosul, killing the two-member crew, the Iraqi government said.

Around 300,000 people have been displaced by the US-backed Iraqi operation to drive the Islamic State group from Mosul, according to the United Nations.

The United States probably played a role in the deaths resulting from a March 17 air strike in Iraq, a top US commander has said.

Iraqi archaeologists think that tunnels dug by the so-called 'Islamic State' group under a destroyed shrine in Mosul have revealed the palace of an ancient Assyrian king who ruled some 2,700 years ago.

Iraqi troops came under a wave of attacks from IS militants as they launched a new offensive in Mosul.

The alleged use of chemical weapons in Mosul, if confirmed, would be a war crime and a serious violation of international humanitarian law, the United Nations has warned.

Maj Gen Al-Hussaini said that IS militants were fighting back with snipers, anti-tank missiles and suicide car bombs, describing the clashes as "fierce".

Iraqi militarised police have captured an area on the western side of Mosul amid fierce clashes with Islamic State militants.

Iraq's air force has struck Islamic State targets inside Syria for the first time as Iraqi troops on the ground pushed into western Mosul.

Iraqi forces have pushed into the first neighbourhood in western Mosul and taken full control of the international airport on the city's south-western edge from the Islamic State group, Iraqi officials said.

Iraqi forces have reached the southern outskirts of Mosul on the second day of a new push to drive Islamic State militants from the western half of the city.

Iraqi forces have begun an operation to retake the western half of Mosul from the Islamic State group.

Britain has launched a series of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in the battle for Mosul this week, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Iraqi troops have pushed deeper into Mosul after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the Islamic State-held city.

Iraqi special forces fighting Islamic State militants in Mosul have seized a new neighbourhood and taken full control of another densely populated area, according to Iraqi field commanders.

Mortar rounds fired by Islamic State militants have killed 16 civilians in areas of Mosul already retaken by troops, Iraqi military and hospital officials say.

Iraqi troops faced stiff resistance from militants from the so-called 'Islamic State' as they pushed deeper into eastern Mosul, backed by aerial support from the US-led international coalition, a senior military commander said.

Iraqi forces battled waves of suicide car bombs on Sunday as they attempt to advance deeper into Mosul in the face of heavy resistance from the Islamic State (IS) group.

The Iraqi military says it has found some 100 decapitated bodies in a mass grave south of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul.

Iraq's special forces worked to clear neighbourhoods on the eastern edge of Islamic State-held Mosul as at least 20 people were killed elsewhere in bombings carried out by the group.

Iraq's special forces are struggling to clear areas retaken from IS along Mosul's eastern edge, where the militants have built up fortifications and ramparts in residential areas.

Iraqi special forces have begun clearing buildings in districts they entered in eastern Mosul on Friday after pushing out Islamic State militants in their drive to take back the city.

Iraqi special forces have launched a two-pronged assault deeper into Mosul's urban centre, unleashing the most intense street battles against Islamic State militants since the offensive began nearly three weeks ago.

Islamic State has been carrying out mass killings in Mosul amid a government-led offensive to retake the city, according to reports made to the UN human rights office.

Iraqi special forces say they have entered more urban neighbourhoods of Mosul from its easternmost district in its latest push to drive Islamic State fighters from the city.

The leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message encouraging his followers to keep up the fight for the city of Mosul.

Iraqi special forces are poised to enter Mosul in a bid to drive out Islamic State (IS) militants after fending off suicide car bombings as they swept into the last village on the city's eastern edge.

Islamic State appears to be using tens of thousands of people as human shields in and around Mosul, where Iraqi forces are waging a large-scale offensive aimed at retaking the country's second largest city, the UN human rights office has said.

Iraqi forces have retaken 40 villages from Islamic State near Mosul since a massive operation to drive the militants from the city began last week, the US military said.

Iraqi forces have fought their way into two villages near Mosul as the offensive to retake the extremist-held city entered its second week.

Iraqi and Kurdish forces have launched a new offensive near Mosul as part of a bid to retake the city from the so-called 'Islamic State' group.

Militants attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk today in an assault quickly claimed by the so-called 'Islamic State' group and aimed at diverting attention from the battle to retake 'IS'-held Mosul.

Iraqi special forces have joined the Mosul battle with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State (IS) group, in a key part of a multi-pronged assault on eastern approaches to the besieged city.

Iraqi special forces have joined the battle for Mosul with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the so-called 'Islamic State' group, a key part of a multi-pronged assault on eastern approaches to the besieged city.