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Stephen Kalin: Iraqi forces launch push to retake western Mosul from Islamic State

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Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Mon, 20 Feb 2017, 11:24AM
In this Dec. 2, 2016 photo, a group of civilians pass close to the body of an Islamic State militant, while fleeing from Mosul due to ISIS heavy shelling. Photo / AP / NZH

Stephen Kalin: Iraqi forces launch push to retake western Mosul from Islamic State

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Mon, 20 Feb 2017, 11:24AM

US-backed Iraqi forces have started a ground offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants.

They're trying to weed them out from their remaining stronghold in the western part of Mosul.

Commanders are expecting the battle to be more difficult than it was in the east of the city.

That's because tanks and armoured vehicles can't pass through narrow alleyways in the old parts of the city.

Reuters Iraq correspondent Stephen Kalin told Mike Hosking hundreds of thousands of civilians are also there.

LISTEN ABOVE AS STEPHEN KALIN SPEAKS WITH MIKE HOSKING

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