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Fresh advance in east Mosul to begin within days - U.S. commander

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U.S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American troops deployed closer to the front line in the city.

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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 15:04

Iraqi troops push towards central Mosul from southeast

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi army units launched a fresh assault in southeast Mosul on Tuesday and a senior commander was quoted as saying an armored division had advanced to within less than a mile (1.5 km) of the Tigris River running through the city center.

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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 11:08

Iraqi forces yet to seal off Mosul as battle enters second month

EghtesadOnline: The U.S.-backed offensive to crush Islamic State in its last major city stronghold in Iraq entered a second month on Thursday as forces arrayed against the hardline Sunni group sought finally to seal off Mosul from all sides.

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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 15:47

Iraqi special forces seize Mosul district in fresh push

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days.

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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 05:58

Iraq forces accused of killing, torturing civilians south of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi government forces killed and tortured civilians south of Mosul, rights groups said on Thursday, the first such reports of alleged abuse in a U.S.-backed campaign to retake the city from Islamic State.

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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 08:31

Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State say nearing Mosul airport

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi security forces drove Islamic State fighters from the center of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul on Saturday and reached within a few km (miles) of an airport on the edge of the city, a senior commander said.

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Publish Date:06/November/2016 | 05:21

Iraqi forces push deeper into eastern Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi special forces said they recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State bastion a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat.

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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 05:13