| | | | | | | World News Alert | Sun., Feb. 19, 2017 2:08 a.m. |
| | | | | Iraq’s military resumes offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State, prime minister says | | Iraqi forces backed by a U.S.-led coalition began their effort to capture the western half of Mosul, the Islamic State’s last major stronghold in Iraq. Military commanders for Iraq expect an even more grueling battle than the months-long assault on the city’s eastern half, which was recaptured last month. “It’s a new dawn, a dawn of victories,” Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said in an address on state television early Sunday. | | Read more » |
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