IS militants still control the section of the road between Tal Afar and Mosul. Meanwhile, an air strike reportedly hit another bridge in Mosul, as troops advanced further into eastern areas.

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original ... "The minaret's body from the inside needed 96,000 new bricks," Mahmoud said. "But for the exterior we used ...

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which it said it had conducted "at the request of the government of Iraq". Video footage posted by the IS-supporting Amaq news agency appeared to show a collapsed section of the Old Bridge. Mosul ...