Iraq says half of western Mosul retaken from ISIS
MOSUL -- Iraq says it has driven the Islamic State group out of more than half of western Mosul nearly a month after launching an operation to seize the remainder of the city from the extremists.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, a military spokesman, told The Associated Press on Thursday that U.S.-backed Iraqi troops have recaptured up to 60 percent of the city's western half, with the fighting still underway. Iraq declared eastern Mosul "fully liberated" in January.
