Battle For The Iraqi City of Mosul -- News Updates June 26, 2017

Reuters: Mosul battle to end in days as troops advance in Old City: Iraqi general

The battle to take full control of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days and an attempted fight-back by the militants failed, an Iraqi general told Reuters on Monday.

"Only a small part remains in the city, specifically the Old City," said Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani al-Assadi, commander of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) elite units in Mosul.

"From a military perspective, Daesh (Islamic State) is finished," Assadi said. "It lost its fighting spirit and its balance, we are making calls to them to surrender or die."

The area now under Islamic State control in Mosul, once the militant group's de facto capital in Iraq, is less than 2 sq kms, the Iraqi military said.

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Battle For The Iraqi City of Mosul -- News Updates June 26, 2017

'Couple of hundred' ISIS fighters left in Mosul -- CNN
Over 50,000 civilians trapped in final battle for Mosul -- The Australian/The Times
Iraqi military says it has captured Mosul neighbourhood from Islamic State -- Reuters
Iraqi Forces Squeeze IS Into Final Streets As Mosul Residents Celebrate Eid -- RFE
ISIS commanders are killed when one of the group's suicide bombers blows himself up at a meeting, following the group's collapse in Mosul -- Daily Mail
Mosul: Wave of Isis suicide bomb attacks fail to stop Iraqi army’s final assault onto the Old City -- The Independent
Iraqi forces take over IS’s central hospital in Mosul -- Iraqi News
Iraq forces comb west Mosul after IS counter-attacks -- AFP
IS fighters launch counterattacks in west Mosul neighborhood -- ABC News
ISIL fighters launch counterattacks in west Mosul -- Al Jazeera
ISIS counterattacks in western Mosul cause chaos in once-liberated areas -- RUDAW
Islamic State 'fighting for their lives' not directing terror attacks on the west, global coalition says -- Sydney Morning Herald
Major General: Battle for Mosul is 'toughest since WWII' (Audio) -- BBC
Buried in Old Mosul -- Heather Murdock, VOA