{"id":8815,"date":"2017-03-05T10:37:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T10:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/mosul-battle-new-iraqi-push-on-is-held-city-centre\/"},"modified":"2017-03-05T10:37:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T10:37:05","slug":"mosul-battle-new-iraqi-push-on-is-held-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/mosul-battle-new-iraqi-push-on-is-held-city-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosul battle: New Iraqi push on IS-held city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"
Media captionThousands of civilians are fleeing from the besieged city of Mosul as Iraqi and coalition forces try to defeat IS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iraqi forces have launched a new push in their battle to capture western Mosul from so-called Islamic State.<\/p>\n

Several neighbourhoods have been captured since the US-backed operation began on 19 February, but bad weather has slowed the advance in recent days.<\/p>\n

But more than 45,000 people have been forced to flee the city in the last two weeks, the International Organisation for Migration says.<\/p>\n

Eastern Mosul was recaptured in January after several months of fighting.<\/p>\n

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IS overran the city, Iraq's second largest, as they spread across large parts of the north and west of the country in a major offensive in 2014.<\/p>\n

Joint operations command (JOC) spokesman Brig-Gen Yahya Rasool told state TV on Sunday that Iraqi forces were advancing towards the old centre of the city from the south and south-west.<\/p>\n

JOC statements quoted by AFP news agency said security forces were attacking the neighbourhoods of al-Dindan, al-Sumood, Tal al-Raman and al-Dawasa, where the provincial governor's offices are located.<\/p>\n

The IOM, the UN migration agency, says more than 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting since October last year, with a new exodus beginning on 25 February.<\/p>\n

Up to 700,000 people are believed to remain in the city.<\/p>\n

Centres for the displaced have been filling up quickly, with 7,619 families (45,714 individuals) arriving in the last nine days, it said.<\/p>\n

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