The U.S.-backed offensive, the biggest yet against the militants, aims to push the Islamic State out of its de facto capital in Iraq. More than a million civilians are believed to be still trapped inside the city.
   
 
News Alert Sun., Oct. 16, 2016 6:45 p.m.
 
 
Battle for the Islamic State-held city of Mosul has begun, Iraq says
The U.S.-backed offensive, the biggest yet against the militants, aims to push the Islamic State out of its de facto capital in Iraq. More than a million civilians are believed to be still trapped inside the city.
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