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Families flee Mosul as Iraqi troops close in on ISIL

US-backed troops say they're just days away from fully retaking Iraq's second-largest city but the battle is a tough one, with die-hard ISIL fighters and snipers dug in among civilians.

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Watch: Drone captures ruins of landmark Mosul mosque

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Music returns to Mosul

Musicians are celebrating the departure of ISIL in the way they know best.

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Civilians flee 'final battle for Mosul'

Iraqi forces believe the city will be recaptured from so-called Islamic State within days

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Iraqi forces making ground in battle for Mosul

What many believe to be ISIL's last stand in Iraq is coming to a head.

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Shocking images of al-Nuri devastation

In a statement posted online, ISIL says the iconic mosque and its 840-year-old minaret were destroyed by a US airstrike.

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Video purports to show the destruction of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque

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Mosul: iconic mosque 'blown up' by ISIL, says Iraq military

The iconic landmark is where ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the so-called caliphate in 2014.

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Final assault on Mosul raises fears for 100,000 trapped civilians

Iraqi forces have begun to push into Mosul's Old City, ISIL's last stronghold there, but 100,000 civilians are trapped inside.

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Mosul displaced hit by food poisoning

Hundreds of people are being treated by health workers after an outbreak of suspected food poisoning in a camp for displaced people in Iraq.

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Fierce battle over last ISIL-held enclave in Mosul

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Iraqi forces clash with Islamic State militants in Mosul

Iraqi special forces continued battling Islamic State group (IS) militants in the western Mosul neighbourhoods of al-Eraibi and al-Rifaie on Monday.

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Battle for Mosul: Iraq prosthetic centre treats hundreds of war casualties

As the battle raged between ISIL and Iraqi forces in Mosul, Iraq, a prosthetic facility endeavoured to help the hundreds of victims who have lost limbs in the…

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Mosul offensive "in final phase"

Seven months into the campaign to recapture Iraq's second-largest city, government forces say it is now in its final phase after opening a new front in the northwest of the city last week.

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Battle for Mosul: Iraqi army in 'final push'

The Iraqi army’s new push in the battle to recapture Mosul has been hailed as “the beginning of the end” for the extremist group there.

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Iraqi army opens new front in the battle for Mosul

New front opens in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIL

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Fighting rages on in western Mosul

An estimated 400,000 people are thought to be trapped in the area. UN camps are filling up with people fleeing the violence.

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Iraq: battle for western Mosul hampered by ISIL tactics

The so-called Islamic State group now only controls less than a fifth of the territory it held in Iraq in 2014, according to an Iraqi military spokesman.

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How landmines and booby traps are piling fresh terror on war-weary Iraqis

Already scarred by the horrors of war and ISIL occupation, villagers returning home in Iraq are facing a fresh terror.

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Spike in civilian deaths in Iraq 'flagrant violation of international law' - Amnesty

Amnesty International says US-led coalition against ISIL could be at fault for failing to limit civilian deaths in Mosul offensive.