Iraqi government forces claim to have made gains against ISIL, on the first day of a long-anticipated offensive to retake the northern city of Mosul.

Footage showed several giant explosions, thought to be ISIL suicide car bombs, rocking the battlefield.

Kurdish fighters are taking part in the advance, which has been months in the planning.

Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq said:''Military commanders from both the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga for…
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