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Iraqi forces seize more ground in Mosul's Old City

Iraqi forces have already gained control of half of Mosul's Old City from Daesh. But the fight is expected to be difficult for the rest where 50,000 residents are still trapped behind enemy lines.

Battle to clear Daesh from Mosul is taking a toll

More than 50,000 civilians, about half the Old City's population, remain trapped behind Daesh lines, with little food, water or medicines, according to some who have escaped the fighting.

Iraqi army says "Daesh is finished" in Mosul

The battle to take full control of Mosul from Daesh will be over in a few days an Iraqi general says, after an attempted counter-strike by terrorist forces failed.

Iraqi forces push deep into devastated Old Mosul

Iraqi commanders on the ground say the Daesh now only controlled about a square kilometre in the Old City area of Mosul.

UNICEF says over 5 million children in Iraq urgently need aid

Decades of wars including the past three years of violence have destroyed civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of Iraqis in dire need of humanitarian aid.

Iraqi forces battle Daesh in Mosul, save escaping civilians

The offensive to retake the Old City was launched on Sunday but progress has been slow as Iraqi forces encounter stiff resistance from Daesh members.

Iraqi forces storm Daesh-held Old City of Mosul

The final assault is part of a military campaign launched in October to retake the last stronghold of Daesh in Iraq. The Old City area is a densely-populated maze of narrow alleyways where about 100,000 civilians still remain trapped.

Iraqi forces repel Daesh counter-attack in west Mosul

High level Syrian regime forces' delegation holds talks with Iraqi counterparts in Baghdad on border security in the first public visit of its kind in years to coordinate the fight against Daesh.

Iraqi armed forces capture north of Old City in Mosul

As the operation to dislodge Daesh from their stronghold of Mosul continues, Iraqi troops announce gains as they capture a district just north of the historic Old City quarter.

Iraqi forces call on civilians to flee Daesh-held Old City of Mosul

The UN says it is "deeply concerned" for the safety of civilians as a final assault to retake Mosul from Daesh looks imminent.

Iraqi forces push deeper into Mosul as battle approaches end

Daesh has now been dislodged from all but a handful of districts in the western half of Mosul including the Old City, Iraqi forces say.

Iraqi forces gain more ground against Daesh in west Mosul

The fresh gain is part of a new push which Iraqi forces launched last week in northwestern Mosul that has already wrested back several neighbourhoods from Daesh.