Stratfor: The Grueling Battle for Western Mosul
Battered by U.S. airstrikes and persistent clashes between Iraqi and Islamic State forces, western Mosul has taken a beating over the past few weeks. Four months into the anti-Islamic State campaign in the city, Iraqi troops retook the eastern portion of the city and moved into the west.
Western Mosul is the core of the Islamic State's resistance. An estimated 2,000 Islamic State fighters are still in the area, along with more than 750,000 civilians, some of whom are suspected sympathizers of the extremist group. On top of that, the dense, cramped quarters of western Mosul's Old City present an urban warfare environment even more challenging than that of the city's east. The fight for western Mosul is a critical turning point in the operation to retake the city, and it is the most grueling battle yet.
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Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates April 14, 2017
Iraq: UN assessment reveals extensive destruction in western Mosul -- UN News Centre
UN: Destruction in fight
to take west Mosul worse than east -- FOX News/AP
Inside Mosul: Scenes of the Toll of War in Mosul -- Time
Photojournalism on the frontline: an inside view of the battle for Mosul -- The Guardian
Street Turned to Rubble Shows Cost of Fight for Iraq's Mosul -- NBC
Coalition-backed Iraqi security forces advance slows in western Mosul -- RUDAW
Iraqi counter-terrorism forces regain another neighborhood in Mosul -- NRT
Iraqi Troops In Mosul Push Closer To Landmark Mosque (Video) -- RFE
IS Mufti Killed in Western Mosul -- Iraqi News
Horrendous Daesh Prisons in Iraqi Mosul -- Sputnik
Iraqi command says controls 60% of western Mosul -- Iraqi News
ISIL claims 9000 Iraqi soldiers killed in 6 months -- AMN Al-Masdar News
In battle for Mosul, new US strategy takes shape -- Jerusalem Post
PMUs evacuate 1,500 families from western Mosul -- Iraqqi News
Iraqis in ‘liberated,’ devastated Mosul want services restored -- Seattle Times/AP
Inside Mosul: Scenes of the Toll of War in Mosul -- Time
Photojournalism on the frontline: an inside view of the battle for Mosul -- The Guardian
Street Turned to Rubble Shows Cost of Fight for Iraq's Mosul -- NBC
Coalition-backed Iraqi security forces advance slows in western Mosul -- RUDAW
Iraqi counter-terrorism forces regain another neighborhood in Mosul -- NRT
Iraqi Troops In Mosul Push Closer To Landmark Mosque (Video) -- RFE
IS Mufti Killed in Western Mosul -- Iraqi News
Horrendous Daesh Prisons in Iraqi Mosul -- Sputnik
Iraqi command says controls 60% of western Mosul -- Iraqi News
ISIL claims 9000 Iraqi soldiers killed in 6 months -- AMN Al-Masdar News
In battle for Mosul, new US strategy takes shape -- Jerusalem Post
PMUs evacuate 1,500 families from western Mosul -- Iraqqi News
Iraqis in ‘liberated,’ devastated Mosul want services restored -- Seattle Times/AP
