MOSUL, Iraq—Iraqi forces have ousted Islamic State militants from the Mosul University campus, the military said Sunday, a strategic victory for U.S.-backed government troops fighting to retake the extremist group’s last major stronghold in the country. The vast university sits near the Tigris River, which bisects the city, giving government forces another key position as they come close to reclaiming the entire eastern half of...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 15, 2017 13:33 UTC