Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
KOKJALI/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighbourhoods seized in the last 10 days.
The elite Counter Terrorism Service troops broke through Islamic State defence lines to enter the city early last week and have since been embroiled in a brutal, close-quarter combat with waves of suicide bombers and snipers.
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