A soldier from the Iraqi Special Forces takes a selfie on a street in the Aden district of Mosul after troops almost entirely retook the area from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on November 22, 2016. AFP / THOMAS COEX
Baghdad: Iraqi-led forces have cut off Mosul from its western supply lines, completing the isolation of the Islamic State group in its stronghold, security officials said.
Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary forces reached the road linking Tal Afar to Sinjar, west of Mosul, and linked up with Kurdish forces there, the officials said.
