Closing in on Daesh

The Iraqi Army is closing in on Islamic State in West Mosul leaving only a small pocket on the brink of Tigris still in the hands of IS.

: Fighting in Mosul intensifies as Islamic State is pushed further and further back. Fighting can be seen around the Great Mosque of al-Nuri from where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate in 2014. Mosul, Iraq, 29 May 2017

: Fighting in Mosul intensifies as Islamic State is pushed further and further back. Fighting can be seen around the Great Mosque of al-Nuri from where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate in 2014. Mosul, Iraq, 29 May 2017

: Fighting in Mosul intensifies as Islamic State is pushed further and further back. Fighting can be seen around the Great Mosque of al-Nuri from where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate in 2014. Mosul, Iraq, 29 May 2017

: Two massive vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) went off in West Mosul at 11.45. West Mosul, Iraq, 18 June 2017