Iraqi army slows advance on remaining IS fighters in Mosul's Old City

Record ID: 897995

  • Title: Iraqi army slows advance on remaining IS fighters in Mosul's Old City
  • Date: 4th July 2017
  • Summary: OLD CITY, MOSUL, IRAQ (JULY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) TWO MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY RAPID DIVISION WALKING DOWN STREET, SMOKE RISING ABOVE BOMBED AREA IRAQI MILITARY HUMVEES NEAR DAMAGED BUILDINGS VARIOUS OF IRAQI FEDERAL POLICE MEMBERS SITTING ON TOP OF HUMVEE VARIOUS OF IRAQI MILITARY HUMVEES PASSING BY DAMAGED BUILDINGS MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY RAPID DIVISION TAKING COVER BEHIND DEMOLISHED BUILDING / AUDIO OF GUNFIRE IRAQI EMERGENCY RAPID DIVISION MEMBER FIRING MACHINE GUN FROM DOORWAY OF DEMOLISHED BUILDING / AUDIO OF GUNFIRE IRAQI EMERGENCY RAPID DIVISION MEMBER WALKING UP STAIRS OF DAMAGED BUILDING IRAQI EMERGENCY RAPID DIVISION MEMBER THROWING HAND GRENADE / WALKING ALONG UPPER FLOOR OF HOUSE WITH LOWERED HEAD / AUDIO OF EXPLOSION
  • Embargoed: 18th July 2017 17:11
  • Keywords: Mosul offensive Mosul's old town civilians fleeing smoke rising Iraqi military forces
  • Location: OLD CITY, MOSUL, IRAQ
  • City: OLD CITY, MOSUL, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016OAYO1Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Iraqi forces slowed their advance on Tuesday (July 4) through the last streets in Mosul controlled by Islamic State where militants and civilians are packed in densely together.
    The Iraqi military has pushed insurgents into a shrinking rectangle no more than 300 by 500 metres beside the Tigris river in Mosul; but the resistance has been fierce.
    The Rapid Response Division, an elite Interior Ministry unit, called in air strikes just 50 metres away from their targets, and the fighting got close enough at one point for the militants to toss a hand grenade at the troops.
    A commander from the Rapid Response Division estimated more than 10,000 civilians remained trapped inside the area under militant control with little food, water or medicine amid the Old City's maze of narrow alleyways and some brought from other areas as human shields.
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