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Families flee Mosul as Iraqi troops close in on ISIL

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Video. Families flee Mosul as Iraqi troops close in on ISIL

Updated: 01/07/2017 - 0:28 GMT+2

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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