US strike destroys bridge, restricts ISIS in Mosul
BAGHDAD/GENEVA -- US forces backing Iraqi troops retaking Mosul from Islamic State carried out an air strike on a bridge spanning the Tigris river, restricting militant movements between western and eastern parts of the city, a US official said on Tuesday.
US-trained Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service forces are pushing deeper into east of Mosul, the last major city under control of the Sunni hard-line group in Iraq, while army and police units, ShiIite militias and Kurdish fighters surround it to the west, south and north.
