Penetrating the eastern border on Thursday has been the most significant breakthrough in the offensive launched two weeks ago to free the key city from the militant group`s brutal rule.
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Iraqi troops enter Mosul
04 November 2016
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Iraqi forces have entered ISIS-held Mosul for the first time in more than two years and are battling ISIS militants on the front line, defense officials told CNN.
Iraqi Ministry of Defense spokesman Brig. Gen. Tahsin Ibrahim told CNN that units of the 9th Armored Division had entered the city on Thursday, adding that troops had stormed the neighborhood of al Intisar in the east.
Penetrating the eastern border on Thursday has been the most significant breakthrough in the offensive launched two weeks ago to free the key city from the militant group`s brutal rule.
Penetrating the eastern border on Thursday has been the most significant breakthrough in the offensive launched two weeks ago to free the key city from the militant group`s brutal rule.
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