The Battle For Mosul -- News Updates October 30, 2016

Reuters: Iraqi Shi'ite commander says Mosul battle 'no picnic' as troops advance

Iraqi troops and security forces edged closer to Mosul on two southern fronts on Sunday but a leader of the Shi'ite militias newly participating in the offensive warned that the battle for Islamic State's Iraq stronghold would be long and grueling.

A military statement said the army's Ninth Armoured Division raised the Iraqi flag in the village of Ali Rash, about 7 km (4 miles) southeast of Mosul, after recapturing it from the ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim militants.

Further south, an Interior Ministry officer said security forces were advancing from the town of al-Shura, recaptured from Islamic State (IS) on Saturday, along the Tigris river valley towards Mosul 30 km (20 miles) to the north.

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The Battle For Mosul -- News Updates October 30, 2016

Mosul Offensive Day 14: Live Updates -- RUDAW
Iraq's Shiite militias join Mosul push; bombs rock Baghdad -- AP
Shiite militias join Iraqi forces in Mosul offensive -- UPI
Mosul: Town of Tal Afar in focus on western front -- Al Jazeera
Assyrian Villages Are Next Hurdle in Fight to Retake Mosul

From ISIS -- AINA
Kurds, Iraqis benefits from vast network of spies within ISIS' ranks -- FOX News
Daesh Terrorists in Mosul Not Receiving Reinforcements From Syria – Iraqi Army -- Sputnik
Islamic State goes ‘Mad Max’ in its fight for Mosul with homemade armoured vehicles -- News.com.au
The cunning and cruel bombs used by Isis to stall the Mosul offensive -- The Guardian
Iraqi villagers escape Islamic State snipers, leave family behind -- Reuters
Inside the Mosul offensive: The civilians fleeing the battle lines -- The Independent
Human shields in Iraq: The new ISIS strategy in fight for Mosul -- CNN
Thousands of refugees flee Mosul as ISIS murders 250 civilians who refused to become human shields -- Daily Mail
300 ISIS child soldiers from Syria killed in Mosul operation, Syrian watchdog says -- RUDAW
Pentagon promises to ‘investigate’ reports of Iraqi school bombing in US-supported Mosul siege -- RT
Mountainside Monastery a Sanctuary From the Battle for Mosul -- ABC News
Chemical dangers in the battle for Mosul -- Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Al Jazeera
Defeating ISIS in Mosul Will Open Door to Many Challenges -- NBC
Battle for Mosul 'real test' for regional powers -- Omar Al Saleh, Al Jazeera