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Now playing Next no comment Life after ISIL in eastern Mosul People are showing off the effects of life under the so-called Islamic State and explaining what happened in eastern Mosul. 08/02/2017
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Now playing Next Iraq Iraqis erase traces of ISIL in east Mosul with a coat of paint The signs of two and half years of so-called Islamic State rule remain, even if the militants have retreated from eastern Mosul. 30/01/2017
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Now playing Next Iraq Iraqi forces 'capture eastern Mosul,' defence ministry says The Iraqi defence ministry says its forces have recaptured all of eastern Mosul from ISIL militants who had been holding on to a pocket east of the Tigris river. 23/01/2017
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Now playing Next Iraq Iraqi army and allies take control of eastern Mosul Eastern Mosul back under Iraqi government control 18/01/2017
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Now playing Next Iraq Iraqi soldiers make big advances against ISIL militants in Mosul The Iraqi army says it has now recaptured nearly all of the city's eastern districts and over the weekend it drove ISIL out of the city's main university 16/01/2017
Now playing Next no comment Mosul University recaptured from ISIL Iraqi special forces battled ISIL militants to take control of the Mosul University campus. 16/01/2017