Iraqi forces launch `new phase´ in operation to retake west Mosul from Islamic State
(WorldNews France)

Iraqi forces launched an offensive on jihadists defending Mosul’s west bank on Sunday, in what could be the most brutal fighting yet in a four-month-old operation on the city. “Our forces are beginning the liberation of the citizens from the terror of Daesh,� Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said in a short televised speech, using an Arabic acronym Islamic State (IS). “We announce the start of a new phase in the operation. We are coming, Nineveh, to liberate the......