Iraqi special forces enter Mosul city limits

Advancing Iraqi troops have broken through the defences of the Islamic State group in an eastern suburb of Mosul, taking the battle for the jihadists’ stronghold into the city limits for the first time

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Tigris

5km 3 miles

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Source: Institute for the Study of War

Picture: Google Earth