- Title: Iraqi forces fight Islamic State in western Mosul
- Date: 3rd June 2017
- Summary: AL-ZANJILI DISTRICT, MOSUL, IRAQ (JUNE 3, 2017) (REUTERS) HUMVEES OF THE RAPID RESPONSE DIVISION IN STREET / AUDIO OF EXPLOSION SKYLINE OF MOSUL'S OLD CITY WITH AL-HADBA LEANING MINARET OF AL-NURI MOSQUE / AUDIO OF HEAVY GUNFIRE SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDINGS / AUDIO OF HEAVY GUNFIRE A BUILDING ON FIRE, THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING (SOUNDBITE) (English) LEADER OF THE FREE BURMA RANGERS HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION, DAVID EUBANK, SAYING: "The last two days ISIS has been shooting people escaping from this area in the street. I saw over 50 dead bodies yesterday. We work with the Americans to get smoke and Iraqi tanks and we followed behind them and rescued one little girl and one man that I showed you their photos. They are safe now. But there are still more but we have no tank and no other support right now because the fighting is that way."
- Embargoed: 17th June 2017 15:41
- Keywords: offensive Islamic State army Mosul Iraq
- Location: MOSUL, IRAQ
- City: MOSUL, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA0016JQ44ZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL
Iraq's Rapid Response force engaged in fierce fighting with Islamic State militants encamped in Mosul's al-Zanjili district on Saturday (June 3), one of the last three districts held by the group in the city.
Heavy thuds of bombings and crackles of gunfire echoed across the district's empty streets and thick plumes of black and white smoke billowed into the sky during the ongoing assault.
David Eubank, the leader of humanitarian association Free Burma Rangers (FBR) which operates in Iraq as well as Myanmar and Sudan, told Reuters he had seen Islamic State militants shooting civilians that attempted to flee the area.
Zanjili district is part of the enclave that remains in the hands of Islamic State in the northern Iraqi city, alongside the Old City centre and the Medical City hospitals complex.
Iraq's elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) units captured the city's Sihha district from Islamic State on Friday (June 2). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
