Battle of Mosul: Anti-IS coalition to take stock on Oct 25

Battle of Mosul: Anti-IS coalition to take stock on Oct 25 Paris (AFP) Oct 17, 2016 - Defence ministers from the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Mosul and elsewhere in Iraq and Syria will meet in Paris on October 25, France said on Monday. US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter will be among 13 ministers who will assess progress in the battle to drive IS jihadists from Iraq's second-biggest city, which Iraqi forces launched on Monday. "The aim is t ... more

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