CNN
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A major offensive to recapture Mosul from ISIS is under way, as Iraqi-led forces advance on the city, which has been under the terror group’s control since June 2014.
- Iraq’s military says it has inflicted “heavy losses of life and equipment” on ISIS
- Airstrikes have been reported at Bartella, 14km east of Mosul
- More than 54,000 Iraqi troops and 40,000 Peshmerga involved in fight
- US military officials estimate there are up to 5,000 ISIS fighters in the city
- At least ten people dead and 17 wounded in ISIS suicide bombing at a Baghdad checkpoint