By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed | MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD
Iraqi forces battling Islamic State in Mosul advanced into the Old City and around the al Nuri mosque on Friday trying to seal off a main road to prevent militants sending in suicide bombers.
Troops are meeting fierce resistance as militants retreat into the Old City, where street fighting is expected in the narrow alleyways and around the mosque where Islamic State declared its caliphate nearly three years ago.
A helicopter fired rockets into the area and heavy gunfire and mortar blasts echoed as troops fought in districts
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/17/iraqi-forces-advance-into-mosul039s-old-city-nuri-mosque-in-sight/
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