Iraqi forces launch operation to seize last Islamic State enclave in Mosul
The fall of the city would, in effect, mark the end of the Iraqi half of the "caliphate" declared nearly three years ago by ISIS.
A helicopter of the Iraqi Army fires against Islamic State positions in western Mosul, Iraq May 27, 2017. (photo credit: REUTERS/ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS)ByREUTERS