Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates April 28, 2017



Sydney Morning Herald: Foreign Islamic State fighters are 'fighting to the death' in Mosul

London: Western-backed Iraqi forces are capturing some Islamic State fighters as they fight to liberate Mosul and Raqqa but the vast majority of foreign fighters are "fighting to the death", the US-led coalition for the fight against IS said.

Colonel John Dorrian, the spokesperson for the global coalition against IS said just 1000 remain in Mosul, Iraq while between 3000-4000 are still fighting in Raqqa.

Colonel Dorrian said the Iraqis had "taken control" of some foreign fighters captured in Mosul but declined to specify how many or from which countries. He also declined to say how many overall IS fighters had been captured.

He said that by the end of the military campaign to liberate Mosul "every single ISIS fighter that's left in Mosul is either going to be killed or going to be surrender", but said captures were rare.

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