Iraqi army fires towards Islamic State militant positions in Mosul from outskirts of Bartila, Iraq December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces captured a neighbourhood in east Mosul on Friday, pushing deeper to the heart of Islamic State's Iraq stronghold and destroying three sites where it produced car bombs used in waves of suicide attacks, the campaign's commander said.
Lieutenant-General Abdul Ameer Rasheed Yarallah said Counter Terrorism Service forces spearheading the seven-week operation to retake Mosul seized the Tamim district halfway between the city's eastern edge and the River Tigris running through its centre.
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