Iraqi army retakes 70 percent of eastern Mosul from ISIL

Al Jazeera English 2017-01-06

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The Iraqi army says it has retaken 70 percent of Eastern Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

It's been fighting to push the armed group out since mid-October.

Al Jazeera’s Caroline Malone reports.
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