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