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People living in southern Mosul leave their homes after Iraqi forces go on the offensive against Islamic State. Julie Noce reports.
Islamic State expands its attacks against Iraqi army and Kurdish forces to relieve pressure on its militants confronting an offensive on Mosul that has taken back some 80 villages and towns from militant control. Mana Rabiee reports.
Kurdish Peshermerga forces say they have liberated some 20 villages from Islamic State control outside Mosul, although the militants release video to say they remain in control of the city itself, ftheir last bastion in Iraq. Mana Rabiee reports.
Iraqi troops advance against Islamic State south of Mosul as the U.S.-led coalition intensifies its campaign against the militants on multiple fronts across their self-proclaimed caliphate. Mana Rabiee reports.