The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates February 9, 2017

Newsweeek: US Commander: ISIS Hubs Raqqa and Mosul Will Be Recaptured Within 6 Months

America’s top commander leading the fight against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Iraq has estimated that Washington and allied forces will recapture its two remaining strongholds within six months, his spokesman said Wednesday.

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend said that within months the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, which ISIS captured in January 2014, and the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which the group overran in June 2014, will fall.

Townsend told the Associated Press that “within the next six months I think we will see both [the Mosul and Raqqa military offensives] conclude.” His spokesperson Air Force Colonel John Dorrian confirmed his comments.

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The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates February 9, 2017

US commander: Mosul and Raqqa should be retaken in 6 months -- AP
Army colonel: Mosul battle will be 'tough fight to the very end' -- Air Force Times
Offensive for west Mosul will begin soon, says Iraqi army chief -- RUDAW
Isis fighters trapped in West Mosul with only option to either surrender or be killed, Pentagon says -- International Business Times
ISIL Fighters Trapped in Western Mosul, Pentagon Spokesman Says -- US Department of Defense
Daesh Militants Kill Over 40 People Trying to Flee Western Mosul in One Week -- Sputnik
Fleeing west Mosul by boat to the shelter of a UNHCR camp -- UNHCR
Losing Ground, ISIS Terrorists in Mosul Coerce Population With Death Threats -- Washington Free Beacon
Security officials report Kurdish ISIS leader killed in Mosul -- RUDAW
PHOTOS: ISIS Attacks Iraqi Army Barracks West of Mosul & Documents Dead -- Heavy
ISIS fanatics living in fear of vigilante dubbed the Mosul Strangler after a jihadi was found smothered and a civilian stabbed a militant -- Daily Mail
Daesh Violates Laws of War by Occupying Hospitals During Battle for Mosul -- Sputnik
Islamic State has damaged 1000 civilian houses in eastern Mosul : official -- Iraqi News
Iraq army, Shia militias execute Sunnis in east Mosul -- Middle East Monitor
Mosul: Liberated Iraqis free to play football without Isis's bizarre rules -- The Independent
Coffee drips back into liberated Mosul -- RUDAW