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With the first light of dawn.. These Kurdish peshmerga troops began advancing on Mosul. Progress is slow.. the so-called Islamic State Group has placed booby traps on the roads surrounding the city..Mine sweepers are used to clear the waySOT Peshmerga Fighter I've joined my brothers, the peshmerga, to take revenge for the death of my father who was killed by the so called Islamic State Group. The operation will go on until we achieve our objectives. We have so far recaptured three villages that were under the control of the jihadists. The offensive has been under preparation for monthsFor now, fighting is concentrated in the villages surroun ding the city While the international coalition offers support from the sky Kurdish forces and the Iraqi army are encircling Mosul with ground troopsSOT Masoud Barzani This is the first time that the blood of the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army are being mixed and shed on the battle field against this terrorist organization and we hope that this will be a good start, for a better relationship going forward.
In leaflets dropped over the city.. The Iraqi Prime Minister has called on residents to take shelter ... but not to flee Around 1.5 million civilians are trapped in the city. The Battle for Moe-zelll is the biggest offensive overseen by Iraqi troops since the withdrawal of US forces in two thousand and eleven
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