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Focus: The Mosul Offensive Against Islamic State - Oct 18, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 18 October 2016

Tough resistance from Islamic State slows Iraqi advance on Mosul - The Washington Post

Iraqi forces face Islamic State snipers, rockets and suicide bombers during Mosul offensive - LA Times

Tensions arise among allies fighting to retake ISIS-held Mosul, On second day of offensive Kurdish fighters accuse the Iraqi army of inaction - WSJ

Islamic State said to use human shields as coalition advances on Mosul - Reuters

'Anyone who flees is shot dead': Mosul locals trapped as ISIS digs in for fight - The Guardian

U.S. expects Islamic State to wield chemical weapons in Mosul fight - Reuters

Masked ISIS fighters taunt allied forces in new video as they patrol the streets of Mosul in battledress declaring America will leave Iraq 'dragging its tail in defeat’ (VIDEO - English Subs) - Daily Mail

VIDEO (Arabic): IS news agency amaq published video from Mosul where promise "U.S. will be forced to leave Iraq in humiliation”- Juan Maza Calleja on Twitter

On video and social media ISIS says business as usual in Mosul despite attacks - Vocativ

VIDEO: Amaq Agency showing normal life ongoing in Mosul under IS control, on the first day of Mosul battle - Forests and News on Twitter

Unconfirmed - At Least 70 Iraqi soldiers dead in suicide bomber attack on convoy in Mosul: ANF - ekurd

ISIS claims to recaptures 3 villages in east Mosul - almasdarnews.com

Baghdadi survives coup attempt by ISIS Islamic Police in Mosul? - Iraqi News

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President Obama: 'Mosul will be a difficult fight and there will be advances and setbacks’ - CNNPolitics.com

ISIS preparing for protracted fight in Mosul with many of its foreign fighters remaining in the Iraqi city, US officials say - Fox News

Battle for Mosul could take 'months': French defence minister - France 24

ISIS failing in Iraq but will fight for Mosul: British defence minister - THE DAILY STAR

Iraqi Kurdish Foreign Minister: Mosul fighting could go on for months, depending on the morale of ISIS fighters - Al Jazeera

Mosul refugees: 'This is going to take a long time – ISIS won't give up' - The Guardian

Iraqi anti-terror chief details Mosul plan: Corridors have already been opened to allow Daesh [IS] escaping from Mosul to go to Syria - alaraby.co.uk

Syria says U.S. plans safe passage for militants from Mosul into Syria, it will confront this attempt with all its means - Reuters Reuters

Statement by the Syrian Army Command about ISIS terrorists attempting to flee Mosul into Syria - Syrian Arab News Agency

Lavrov: We will take 'political and military decisions' if ISIS flees Mosul for Syria - RT News

EU anti-terror chief: Mosul offensive could send ISIS fighters to Europe - POLITICO

Erdogan voicing concern for future of Sunnis in Mosul: 'We have a historical responsibility in Iraq...They say 30,000 Shia militants are coming. They should be prepared for what they will face’ - Al Jazeera

‘Get out, Erdogan!’ Huge demo in Baghdad protests Turkey’s Iraq presence - RT News

Only 2 cities ISIS has given up without putting up fights: Jerablush & Dabiq (small). Both to Turkey - ilhan tanir on Twitter

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