MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi forces said on Sunday they had recaptured the site of an ancient Assyrian city blown up by the Islamic State (IS) group, as they battled the jihadists south of Mosul. The Iraqi offensive has seen federal forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters advance on Mosul from the east, south and north. CTS Staff Lieutenant Colonel Muntadhar Salem told AFP on Sunday that its forces were looking to move into a new eastern neighborhood. North of Karkukli in the Arbajiyah district, CTS forces were facing sniper fire as they moved street-to-street clearing houses. The attack was a bloody reminder that residents in areas of Mosul recaptured from IS can be still very much in danger.

Source: Manila Times November 14, 2016 12:43 UTC