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Iraqi forces take one of four districts in Mosul's IS-held enclave

BAGHDAD, Jun 2 (Reuters) US-backed Iraqi forces today captured one of the four districts making up the Islamic State-held enclave in Mosul, a military statement said. The elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) units took the Sihha district, about one week after the start of operations to dislodge the militants from the enclave and finish off the offensive to capture Mosul, now in its eighth month.
With the loss of Sihha, the enclave has shrunk to three districts alongside the western bank of the Tigris river -- the densely populated Old City centre, Zanjili and the Medical City.
Iraqi government forces retook eastern Mosul in January and began a new push on May 27 to capture the enclave where about 200,000 people are trapped in harrowing conditions.
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