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Latest images as Iraq prepares for 'final victory' over IS in Mosul

Friday 30 June 2017 12:36, UK

  1. Members of the Iraqi Federal Police gesture after returning back from the front line in the Old City of Mosul
    Image: Members of the Iraqi federal police return from the frontline in the Old City of Mosul
  2. The ruined Grand al-Nuri Mosque is seen after it was retaken by the Iraqi forces from the Islamic State militants at the Old City
    Image: The ruined al Nuri mosque was retaken from Islamic State by Iraqi forces earlier this week, leading to the PM declaring the 'end of the IS caliphate'
  3. Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service humvees advance
    Image: Troops are now working to retake the last areas still held by IS, with authorities saying they expect the eight-month battle to end within the next few days
  4. Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service ascend a staircase as they clear a building
    Image: Counter-terrorism officers ascend a staircase as they clear a building
  5. Iraqi civil defence search and rescue workers rest as they look for the bodies of victims under the rubble of buildings
    Image: Iraqi civil defence search and rescue workers look for the bodies of victims under the rubble of buildings
  6. Members of the Iraqi federal police hold position during an armed exchange while advancing through the Old City of Mosul
    Image: Members of the federal police hold position during an armed exchange while advancing through the Old City
  7. Iraqis drive away in a damaged vehicle while fleeing the fighting
    Image: Iraqis drive away in a damaged vehicle while fleeing the fighting
  8. Displaced Iraqi children who fled the fighting in Mosul at the Salamya camp for internally displaced people in the Nimrud area
    Image: Iraqi children pictured at the Salamya camp for internally displaced people in the Nimrud area
  9. Members of the Iraqi federal police raise the victory gesture while advancing through the Old City of Mosul
    Image: Members of the Iraqi federal police raise the victory gesture while advancing through the Old City of Mosul
  10. A member of Iraqi Federal Police crosses from one house to another through a hole in the wall at the frontline in the Old City of Mosul
    Image: An officer crosses from one house to another through a hole in the wall
  11. Armoured fighting vehicles of the Counter Terrorism Service manoeuvre at the positions of the Iraqi forces near the Grand al-Nuri Mosque
    Image: Armoured fighting vehicles manoeuvre near the al Nuri mosque site
  12. Displaced Iraqi civilians hold pots for free food at the Old City in Mosul
    Image: Displaced Iraqi civilians hold pots for food at the Old City in Mosul
  13. Members of the Counter Terrorism Service rest at their positions beside the ruins of Grand al-Nuri Mosque after it was retaken by Iraqi forces at the Old City in Mosul
    Image: Members of the counter-terrorism service rest at their positions. Continue through for more pictures...
  14. The remains of vehicles are pictured at the ruins of Grand al-Nuri Mosque at the Old City in Mosul
  15. A member of the Counter Terrorism Service stands at the positions of Iraqi forces at the Old City in Mosul
  16. A displaced Iraqi man looks out from the positions of the Iraqi forces at the Old City in Mosul
  17. Smoke billows from the ruins of Grand al-Nuri Mosque after it was retaken by the Iraqi forces from the Islamic State militants at the Old City
  18. Destroyed vehicles beside the ruins of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque after it was retaken by the Iraqi forces at the Old City in Mosul
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