Inside Mosul: March 18, 2017
Detailed updates from Islamic State militant-held areas of Ninewa province, gathered via Iraq Oil Report's network of reporters and contacts.
A patchwork of rudimentary oil refineries - set up under IS and now abandoned - in the Khafsah area south of Mosul, Feb. 23, 2017. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)
- Iraqi forces declare liberation of al-Arbiaa, and make advances in Bab al-Saray, Masbah, and other areas
- IS militants build new defensive fortifications in remaining areas of control
- With cloudy weather inhibiting air surveillance, IS militants launch VBIED attacks
- Hashid forces prevent civilians from returning to recently liberated Badush sub-district
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