Battle For The Iraqi City of Mosul -- News Updates June 26, 2017



Reuters: Mosul battle to end in days as troops advance in Old City: Iraqi general

The battle to take full control of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days and an attempted fight-back by the militants failed, an Iraqi general told Reuters on Monday.

"Only a small part remains in the city, specifically the Old City," said Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani al-Assadi, commander of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) elite units in Mosul.

"From a military perspective, Daesh (Islamic State) is finished," Assadi said. "It lost its fighting spirit and its balance, we are making calls to them to surrender or die."

The area now under Islamic State control in Mosul, once the militant group's de facto capital in Iraq, is less than 2 sq kms, the Iraqi military said.

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Battle For The Iraqi City of Mosul -- News Updates June 26, 2017

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