Mosul battle: Four ways IS is fighting back
After more than a week of fighting, the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces are now getting close to the eastern outskirts of Mosul, the last city in Iraq still under the control of so-called Islamic State (IS). The Iraqi authorities hope the joint offensive will succeed in pushing IS out of the city, which would […]Richard Galpin writes for BBC News:
After more than a week of fighting, the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces are now getting close to the eastern outskirts of Mosul, the last city in Iraq still under the control of so-called Islamic State (IS).
The Iraqi authorities hope the joint offensive will succeed in pushing IS out of the city, which would be a crushing defeat for the militants and leave them with very little territory in Iraq.
But over the past week IS has been hitting back hard on the battlefield, and in various towns and cities.
