(19 Feb 2017) Iraqi forces launched a broad offensive on the western side of Mosul early on Sunday morning local time.
Footage shot by the Associated Press showed Iraqi helicopters firing rockets and armoured vehicles advancing.
Iraqi federal police said the Lazagah power station had been retaken from the Islamic State group (IS) but that militants continued to resist in the nearby village.
US-backed Iraqi forces launched a large-scale military operation on Sunday to dislodge IS militants from the western half of Mosul, the latest phase in a four-month-old offensive to retake Iraq's second largest city.
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