Iraqi forces seize Mosul airport from IS

U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces have recaptured Mosul airport, a key part of the government offensive to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) militants from the western half of the city

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Thursday: Airport captured after four-hour operation. Special forces also storm nearby military base

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Mosul

I R A Q

Tigris

Western Mosul: About 650,000 civilians may be stranded

MOSUL

ISLAMIC STATE CONTROL

OLD CITY

IS barricades

Ghazlani military base

City limits

IRAQI FORCES CONTROL

All five bridges spanning Tigris destroyed

Mosul airport

2km 1.25 miles

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Sources: Institute for the Study of War, Stratfor, Wire agencies 

Picture: Google Earth

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