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Iraqi troops "within metres" of symbolic mosque in Mosul

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Video. Iraqi troops "within metres" of symbolic mosque in Mosul

Updated: 31/03/2017 - 15:46 GMT+2

Recapturing the al-Nuri mosque in the western part of the city would be a hugely symbolic victory for the government troops

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