Islamic State fighters attack town south of Mosul

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants took over a mosque and several houses in an Iraqi town south of Mosul on Friday, a local police officer said, killing seven soldiers and fighters from the Shi'ite Popular Mobilisation force.

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