BARTALLA, Iraq, Oct 31 (APP/AFP): Iraq’s forces resumed their advance on the Islamic State group’s bastion of Mosul Monday, aiming to position themselves a few hundred metres from the city’s eastern limits. A senior officer with the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) told AFP reporters outside the recently retaken town of Bartalla that only two villages remained on the road to Mosul. “The target is to retake Bazwaya and Gogjali, the last two villages before Mosul,” a lieutenant colonel said. “If we manage that, we’ll only be a few hundred metres (yards) from Mosul,” he said.
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Iraqi forces move toward east Mosul
