Iraqi forces move to retake Mosul from ISIL...

Fighting has entered the third day as coalition forc­es focused efforts on the town of Hamdaniya as they march towards Mosul, the second largest Iraqi city and the last major ISIL stronghold in the country.

Explosives and booby traps laid down by ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group), also known as ISIS, slowed down the Iraqi offen­sive in recent days, despite air support from the US-led co­alition