Iraq: The battle for Mosul
Iraqi forces launched an offensive to recapture Mosul in October 2016 (AFP Photo/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)/ Baghdad (AFP) - Key dates in the Iraqi offensive to recapture Mosul, the country's second biggest city, from the Islamic State group (IS) jihadists who seized it in June 2014. - October 17, 2016: Iraqi forces launch the assault. It was in Mosul in July 2014 that IS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only public appearance, to urge Muslims worldwide to move to the recently proclaimed "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria. Tens of thousands ...
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