Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates April 12, 2017

Reuters: U.S. general sees progress by Iraqi forces in Mosul despite complicated battle

Iraqi forces are making progress in their offensive to expel Islamic State from Mosul but face a "very complicated" urban battle as the militants hide in mosques, homes and hospitals, a U.S. general told Reuters on Wednesday.

Government forces have retaken much of Iraq's second-largest city since January but have been trying since then to dislodge the Sunni Muslim militants from the densely populated Old City in western Mosul, their last Iraqi stronghold.

"Iraqi security forces continue to progress as they liberate the western side of Mosul," U.S. Army Major General Joseph Martin, head of ground forces for the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State, said by telephone.

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Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates April 12, 2017

Iraqi forces adjusting tactics in west Mosul -- RUDAW
Military operations in Central Mosul resumed: Iraqi forces -- Iraqi News
Iraq: battle for western Mosul hampered by ISIL tactics --

Euronews
Iraqi General: “We Are Not in Rush to Liberate Mosul, It’s Only a Matter of Time” -- Al Manar
ISIS forces 33 of its fighters to have an EAR cut off after they refused to fight Iraqi troops -- Daily Mail
34 Iraqi personnel killed in 18 days of fighting in Mosul: officer -- Iraqi News
Coalition raid kills 13 Iraqi civilians in Mosul -- Anadolu Agency
Street turned to rubble shows cost of fight for Iraq's Mosul -- FOX News
Packed Iraq morgue reveals toll of Mosul conflict -- Reuters
Survivors Describe Aftermath Of U.S. Airstrike On Mosul -- NPR
UN says over 320,000 Iraqis displaced since Mosul's liberation starts -- QNA
Escaping Mosul fighting, Iraqi women give birth where they can - aid group -- Reuters
Rebuilding Mosul's libraries book by book -- Neveen Youssef, BBC
Life in Mosul under ISIL: an education system in ruins -- Tom Westcott, The National
The Price of Reclaiming Mosul: Analysis -- Stratfor