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WorldPosted at: Mar 1 2017 12:38PM


Iraqi army effectively cut last main exit road out of Mosul

BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) US-backed Iraqi army units shut the last main exit out of the Islamic State group's stronghold in western Mosul, controlling access to the city from the northwest, a general and residents there said today.
The army's 9th armoured division is within a kilometre of Mosul's "Syria Gate", the northwestern entrance of the city, a general from the unit told Reuters by telephone.
"We effectively control the road, it is within our sight," he said. Mosul residents said they had not been able to travel on the highway that begins at the "Syria Gate" since yesterday.
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