Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Iraqi army's elite force pauses advance near Mosul

EAST OF MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city's eastern edge on Tuesday, waiting for other U.S.-backed forces to close in on Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.


from Reuters: Top News http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUKKCN12P1KP?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

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