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Soldiers retake key parts of Mosul university but ISIL puts up stiff resistance

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Video. Soldiers retake key parts of Mosul university but ISIL puts up stiff resistance

Updated: 14/01/2017 - 16:13 GMT+1

The recapture of the university would be a symbolic victory against ISIL, as the militants had been using it as a kind of headquarters

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