US-led coalition increases airstrikes on militant-held Mosul
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KHAZIR -- The US-led coalition says they are increasing airstrikes in and around the militant-held city of Mosul as Iraqi ground forces build up ahead of a planned operation to retake the city.
The coalition said in a statement Friday their planes had conducted more than 50 airstrikes against the Islamic State group in the Mosul area over the past two weeks.
Iraqi ground forces are moving into place to the south and east of Mosul.
