{"id":13170,"date":"2017-04-22T18:52:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T18:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/04\/22\/iraqi-forces-retake-two-more-western-mosul-districts-as-hundreds-more-join-exodus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:18:23","slug":"iraqi-forces-retake-two-more-western-mosul-districts-as-hundreds-more-join-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/04\/22\/iraqi-forces-retake-two-more-western-mosul-districts-as-hundreds-more-join-exodus\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi forces retake two more western Mosul districts as hundreds more join exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"highlight\">MOSUL<\/span>, Iraq\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Pushing carts loaded with bags, babies and the elderly, hundreds of people fled<span class=\"highlight\">\u00a0Mosul\u00a0<\/span>on Saturday after Iraqi forces retook two more districts in the west of the city from Islamic State militants.<br\/><br\/>After walking for miles, families were taken by bus from a government checkpoint in the south of the city to camps housing more than 410,000 people displaced since the offensive to retake<span class=\"highlight\">Mosul\u00a0<\/span>began in October.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;We left with no water, food or electricity,&#8221; said 63-year-old Abu Qahtan, the elder of a group of 41 people from five families. &#8220;We left with the clothes on our backs.&#8221;<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=8e279d3b-23fc-42c8-99ae-9503c7a9bfe1\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraqi forces have taken much of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mosul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from the militants who overran the city in June 2014. The military now controls the eastern districts and are making advances in the west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamic State fighters, holding out in the Old City, are surrounded in the northwest and are using booby traps, sniper and mortar fire to defend themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, artillery and gun fire could be heard as families arrived from Hay al-Tanak district which they said was still half controlled by the militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2076\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mosul-42217-1.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mosul-42217-1.JPG.jpg 3500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mosul-42217-1.JPG.jpg?resize=300,178 300w, 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