ERBIL, Iraq—Iraqi special forces pushed into densely populated outer neighborhoods of Mosul on Friday, pressing forward their plan to retake the eastern half of the city from Islamic State as quickly as possible. The elite Counterterrorism Forces seized several neighborhoods on the city’s eastern fringes, said Lt. Gen Abdulamir al-Yarallah, head of the Mosul operation. He said Islamic State fighters suffered heavy casualties in the...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 04, 2016 10:40 UTC