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Iraq: U.S.-Backed Forces Advance on Mosul

HeadlineNov 07, 2016

In news from Iraq, U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and Iraqi government militias are continuing the campaign to retake Mosul from ISIS. Mosul is the militant group’s most populous territory in Iraq. There are reports of suicide bombs, booby traps and house fighting. As part of the campaign, Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by U.S. airstrikes are battling today for control of Bashiqa, just northeast of Mosul.

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