Iraqi forces ‘take Mosul Airport runway from IS militants’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Iraq&&num;8217&semi;s militarised police forces have entered Mosul International Airport&comma; taking over the runway amid fierce clashes with Islamic State fighters&comma; according to officials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The advance is part of a major assault that started five days ago to drive IS militants from the western half of Mosul&comma; Iraq&&num;8217&semi;s second-largest city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two officers said the airport buildings are under fire from federal police forces&comma; and troops from the US-led coalition are with the advance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Special forces troops had earlier joined the government offensive to push the militants out of the western half of Mosul&comma; reaching a sprawling&comma; IS-held military base on the city&&num;8217&semi;s southern edge as police forces advanced towards the airport&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From the south&comma; the elite counter-terrorism forces reached the Ghazlani base in the morning hours&comma; officers said&comma; adding that fierce clashes were under way at the base perimeter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The advances come days after Iraqi forces officially launched the operation to take Mosul&&num;8217&semi;s western half&comma; with regular army and federal police forces taking part in the initial push&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since the operation began on Sunday&comma; Iraqi forces say they have retaken nearly 50 square miles south of the city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The counter-terrorism forces will be an additional force which will expedite the liberation of Mosul&&num;8217&semi;s western side&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Brigadier General Yahya Rasool&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The battle for western Mosul&comma; the extremist group&&num;8217&semi;s last major urban bastion in Iraq&comma; is expected to be most daunting yet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The streets are older and narrower in this section of the city&comma; stretching west from the Tigris River that divides Mosul into the eastern and western half&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The dense urban environment is likely to force Iraqi soldiers to leave the relative safety of their armoured vehicles&comma; and the presence of up to 750&comma;000 civilians will also pose a challenge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mosul fell to IS in summer 2014&comma; along with large areas of northern and western Iraq&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e6bf3eef">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e6bf3eef'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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