Iraqi Forces Enter Western Mosul, in Fierce Battle Against ISIS
Source: New York Times
BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces trying to reclaim Mosul penetrated the western part of the city on Tuesday, retaking a bridge and several public buildings during heavy clashes with the Islamic State, officials said.
Civilians reported that the bombardment and gunfire were the heaviest since Feb. 19, the beginning of the operation to retake the western part of the city — the country’s second-largest, where roughly a million people are trapped and living in desperate conditions.
Soldiers recaptured a branch of the central bank, an archaeological museum that jihadists ransacked after taking the city in 2014, and the Hurriya Bridge, which crosses the Tigris in the center of the city, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, a military spokesman, said by phone.
“We will never stop until we liberate Mosul entirely,” he said.
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