Mosul Doctors Struggle to Save Civilians on Iraq Front Line
While Iraqi forces announce daily advances, the city's civilians continue to be killed and maimed by indirect fire, clashes and counterattacks. The Mosul front line in the city's east is being pushed forward in two columns: one led by the Iraqi army's 9th Division and the other by the special forces. In some places, Iraqi […]Susannah George writes for AP:
While Iraqi forces announce daily advances, the city's civilians continue to be killed and maimed by indirect fire, clashes and counterattacks.
The Mosul front line in the city's east is being pushed forward in two columns: one led by the Iraqi army's 9th Division and the other by the special forces. In some places, Iraqi forces are just over two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Tigris River that splits the city. But along the main highway that cuts through the center of Mosul's eastern half, Iraqi forces have made hardly any advances at all.
The jagged edge leaves troops vulnerable to counterattacks, but also thousands of civilians exposed to ongoing clashes as the operation slowly grinds forward.
