Mosul is home to more than a million civilians.
Iraq’s federal police forces and Iraqi army troops attacked the town of Hammam al-Alil southeast of Mosul as the Iraqi Air Force provided air cover Saturday morning, according to a statement from Iraq’s Joint Military Command.
Iraqi troops are advancing from three fronts toward the town and they have reached the College of Agriculture at its edge, the statement added.
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