MOSUL (IRAQ) - Iraqi forces battled jihadists inside Mosul for the third day running Sunday while civilians risked their lives dodging bombs and snipers to slip out of the city. The elite Counter-Terrorism Service has been spearheading the attack on the eastern front of the three-week-old offensive on Mosul, Iraq's largest military operation in years. "Our forces are continuing to clear neighbourhoods including Al-Samah, Karkukli, Al-Malayeen and Shaqaq al-Khadra," CTS Staff Lieutenant General Abdelghani al-Assadi told AFP. They first entered the streets of Mosul on Friday and were met with what one officer described as stiffer than expected resistance from IS jihadists. Relief organisations were fighting the clock to build up their shelter capacity ahead of the feared mass exodus from Mosul.

Source: Bangkok Post November 06, 2016 11:48 UTC