Bad weather is slowing the advance of Iraqi forces towards ISIL targets in western Mosul.
Those on the scene say there is strong resistance from ISIL militants in some areas of the densely-populated Old City.
Iraqi army helicopters have strafed and fired rockets at ISIL positions.
*The al-Nuri mosque*
Troops on the ground have closed in on the strategic and symbolic target of the al-Nuri mosque.
Federal police troops have advanced past the train station in western Mosul closer to the mosq…
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