- Title: Iraqi forces launch operation to seize last IS enclave in Mosul
- Date: 28th May 2017
- Summary: SOUTHWEST OF OLD CITY, MOSUL, IRAQ (MAY 28, 2017) (REUTERS) COLUMNS OF SMOKE RISING FROM BOMBED TARGETS IN OLD CITY / AL-HADBA MINARET IN DISTANCE AL-HADBA MINARET OF GRAND MOSUL MOSQUE OF AL-NURI / PARTIALLY DAMAGED HOUSES IRAQI FEDERAL POLICE OFFICER STANDING ON MOUND OF RUBBLE FIRING MACHINE GUN IRAQI FEDERAL POLICE OFFICER GOING UP MOUNT OF RUBBLE CARRYING RPG / AUDIO OF BOMBING/ POLICE OFFICER FIRING ARMOURED VEHICLE IN STREET OF RUBBLE AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS / SOUND OF ARMOURED VEHICLE FIRING MOUNTED MACHINE-GUN OF ARMOURED VEHICLE FIRING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) IRAQI FEDERAL POLICE MEMBER, HUSSEIN KADHIM, SAYING: "God willing we will keep advancing. There is no more Daesh. We terminated Daesh." IRAQI FEDERAL POLICE MEMBER GOING DOWN STAIRS IN HOUSE IRAQI FEDERAL POLICE MEMBERS WALKING IN STREET LITTERED WITH RUBBLE AND DEBRIS DAMAGED SHOPS AND IRAQI MILITARY HUMVEE PARKED IN FRONT GROUP OF IRAQI POLICE MEMBERS TAKING COVER BEHIND RUBBLE / POLICEMAN FIRING GROUP OF IRAQI POLICE MEMBERS TAKING COVER BEHIND RUBBLE VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICERS FIRING POLICE OFFICER ON STREET NEAR MILITARY HUMVEES COLUMNS OF SMOKE RISING FROM BOMBED TARGETS IN OLD CITY
- Embargoed: 11th June 2017 13:05
- Keywords: Iraqi forces Islamic State Mosul Old City
- Location: SOUTHWEST OF OLD CITY, MOSUL, IRAQ
- City: SOUTHWEST OF OLD CITY, MOSUL, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA0016IR4LDZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Iraqi armed forces continued on Sunday (May 28) with their operation to capture the last Islamic State-held enclave in Mosul, according to a military statement.
The fall of the city would, in effect, mark the end of the Iraqi half of the "caliphate" declared nearly three years ago by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which also covers parts of Syria.
The enclave includes the Old City centre and three adjacent districts along the western bank of the Tigris river.
The U.S.-backed offensive in Mosul, now in its eighth month, has taken longer than planned as the militants are dug in among civilians.
The push inside the Old City coincides with the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The offensive's prime target is the medieval al-Nuri mosque with its landmark leaning minaret, where Islamic State's black flag has been flying since mid-2014. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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