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Iraq: Iraq says it has launched offensive to recapture IS-held Mosul
Thursday, March 24, 2016 4:41
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The Iraqi military backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on Thursday launched a long-awaited operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military spokesman said.
In the push, Iraqi forces retook several villages on the outskirts of the town of Makhmour, east of Mosul, early in the morning on Thursday and hoisted the Iraqi flag there, according to the spokesman for the Joint Military Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool.
Source: http://www.warsintheworld.com/index.php/2016/03/24/iraq-iraq-says-it-has-launched-offensive-to-recapture-is-held-mosul/
