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		</div><p>Iraqi forces have begun an operation to retake the western half of Mosul from the Islamic State group.<br />
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of the operation early on Sunday morning on state television.</p>
<p>He said government forces were moving to &#8220;liberate the people of Mosul from Daesh oppression forever&#8221;, using the Arabic acronym for IS.</p>
<p>South-west of Mosul, near the city&#8217;s IS-held airport, plumes of smoke were seen rising into the sky as coalition aircraft bombed militant positions.</p>
<p>Further south at an Iraqi base, police forces were gathering and getting ready to move north.<br />
Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul last month, but the west remains in the hands of entrenched extremists.</p>
<p>Mosul, Iraq&#8217;s second-largest city, is roughly split in half by the Tigris River.<br />
The battle for Mosul&#8217;s western half is expected to be prolonged and difficult, due to the older, narrower streets.</p>
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