An Iraqi commander says reinforcements have been sent to eastern Mosul after a major ISIS counterattack drove troops back last week, further slowing a nearly two-month-old offensive to retake the city.
Major General Najim al-Jabouri said that Federal Police and Iraqi army units have moved from the southern front to the city’s east, where most of the fighting has been concentrated in recent weeks.
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