Smoke billows at the frontline, during the ongoing fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State in western Mosul, Iraq June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Reuters: Iraqi armed forces announce progress in Mosul campaign, say district north of old city captured
Iraqi forces on Tuesday reported progress in the U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State from Mosul, announcing the capture of a district just north the city's historic center.
With the loss of the Zanjili neighborhood, the enclave still held by Islamic State in the northern Iraqi city has shrunk to two districts along the western banks of the Tigris river - the densely populated Old City center and the Medical City.
Iraqi government forces retook eastern Mosul in January and began a new push on May 27 to capture the remaining enclave, where up to 200,000 people are trapped.
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