Kurds, Shi'ite fighters to coordinate after sealing off Mosul

ERBIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish and Shi'ite forces agreed to coordinate movements after cutting off Mosul from the rest of the territory held by Islamic State in western Iraq and Syria in support of a U.S-backed offensive to capture the city, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.

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