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The battle for Mosul: Latest pictures

Tuesday 18 October 2016 15:30, UK

  1. Iraqi security forces advance in Qayara, south of Mosul, to attack Islamic State militants
    Image: Iraqi security forces advance in Qayara, south of Mosul, to attack Islamic State militants
  2. Iraqi forces hold a position in the area of al-Shurah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from IS jihadists
    Image: An Iraqi force of around 30,000 is leading the offensive to take back Mosul - Islamic State's last major stronghold in the country
  3. Peshmerga forces in the east of Mosul
    Image: Peshmerga fighters take on IS fighters near Mosul, in what is expected to be a long and difficult assault on the large northern Iraq city
  4. A woman walks with children at a refugee camp housing Iraqi families who fled fighting in the Mosul area in the northeastern town of al-Hol in Syria's Hasakeh province
    Image: A woman walks with children at a Syrian refugee camp housing Iraqi families who fled fighting in the Mosul area. Continue through for more pictures
  5. Smoke billows as Iraqi forces deploy on October 17, 2016 in the area of al-Shurah
  6. Peshmerga forces gather in the east of Mosul to attack Islamic State militants
  7. Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from IS jihadists
  8. Smoke billows as Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah
  9. Peshmerga forces walk in the east of Mosul during operation to attack Islamic State militants
  10. Smoke billows as Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah
  11. Smoke rises from clashes in the east of Mosul
  12. People who fled the Islamic State's strongholds of Hawija and Mosul, receive aid at a camp for displaced people in Daquq, Iraq
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