The Iraqi military says it has taken full control of the last major road leading west out of Mosul.
It follows reports of the US-backed forces fighting off an ISIL counter-attack near the newly-recaptured main government buildings.
The Mosul-Kasik road is strategically important because it leads to the jihadist stronghold of Tal Afar.
According to state television, two Shi'ite paramilitary groups backed up the Iraqi forces.
ISIL's ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim fighters are using snipers and s…
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