Al Jazeera: Iraq resumes Mosul operation after a two-week lull
Iraqi forces launch the "second phase" of the battle to retake eastern Mosul from ISIL.
Iraqi troops backed by US-led air strikes have pushed deeper into eastern Mosul after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the city held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group.
Staff Lieutenant General Abdulghani al-Assadi, a senior officer in Iraq's counterterrorism service, said the second phase of the operation, now in its third month, began on Thursday.
He told the AFP news agency that forces began advancing towards the Quds neighbourhood.
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