Iraq makes swift territorial gains against IS in Mosul

Sunday, January 15, 2017

MOSUL, Iraq -- Iraqi forces won a string of swift territorial gains in Mosul in the fight against the Islamic State group after months of slow progress, with a senior officer Saturday laying claim to a cluster of buildings inside Mosul University and an edge of a bridge.

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