The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates November 18, 2016

Daily Mail: Streets of fire: The moment an Iraqi convoy of armoured vehicles runs into an ISIS ambush during the battle to free Mosul

* Three of the advancing soldiers, one clutching a grenade launcher, can be seen crouched in the foreground
* Another image shows a boy of 18 months with shrapnel injuries being taken from the battle zone
* Mosul in northern Iraq is the largest city still in the hands of the Islamic State
* For last two weeks, US-backed coalition forces have been engaged in brutal slog through eastern suburbs

A flash of light, a shuddering concussion and a residential street is filled suddenly with flame, smoke and flying debris.

In the battle to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State, death waits at every corner. This brilliant photograph captures the moment yesterday when a convoy of armoured vehicles carrying Iraqi government special forces ran into an IS ambush.

Three of the advancing soldiers, one clutching a grenade launcher, can be seen crouched in the foreground at the rear of a Humvee which is flying the national flag. They are sheltering for their lives. Others had no chance

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The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates November 18, 2016

Iraqi troops expand foothold in Mosul as Islamic State pledges more suicide attacks -- Reuters
Iraqi special forces inch forward in eastern Mosul -- DW
Iraqi forces resume advance into Mosul -- AP
Iraqi forces gearing up to retake Mosul’s Qadisiyah from ISIS -- RUDAW
Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi says it encircles Tal Afar from two sides -- RUDAW
New suspected IS mass grave found near Mosul -- AFP
Iraqi Informant: ISIS’ Baghdadi sleeps with a suicide belt -- Reuters
ISIS Uses Children To Kill Iraqi Victims: Teen Kills Family After His Explosive Belt Detonates Inside His Home -- International Business Times
This sniper is sending ISIS thugs to hell one by one -- New York Post
SAS troops join Battle for Mosul in bid to liberate city from ISIS fighters -- Mirror
Canada says military trainers involved in frequent clashes in Iraq -- Reuters
Canadian special forces involved in many armed clashes with ISIL fighters recently, commander says -- National Post/Ottawa Citizen
SAS and Green Berets join fight for Mosul -- The Times
Iraq wants devastating thermobaric weapons from UK to burn ISIS fighters in their Mosul bunkers -- RT
Devastating thermo-explosive weapons called for to burn ISIS jihadis from Mosul bunkers -- Daily Star
Mosul mechanics fight IS with wrenches -- The Guardian
Shiite militias are crashing the Mosul offensive -- Chicago Tribune/Foreign Policy
A city west of Mosul is poised to become the 'city of revenge' for Iraq's powerful Shia militias -- Business Insider
Children born in Mosul do not have citizenship; Islamic State accused of prisoner massacre -- UPI
Talk radio station broadcasts emotional voices of Iraqis trapped by ISIS in Mosul -- Washington Post
UNICEF Enters Mosul for 1st Time in 2 Years -- ABC News
Thousands of Iraqis fleeing Mosul 'cross into Syria' -- Al Jazeera
To Mosul and back: Sunni Arabs seek place in a shifting Iraq -- Reuters
Month of Mosul siege: No deadline for victory, civilians trapped between rock & hard place -- RT