MOSUL, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 4: Sergeant Majid holds a rocket propelled grenade as his Humvee approaches the neighbourhood of Tahrir and Zahara, formerly named after Saddam Hussein, on the north eastern edge of Mosul, on November 4th, 2016, in Mosul Iraq. Iraqi forces made further gains on the east of the city as the offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS reached its 19th day.
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Iraqi Federal Police secure a building during operations to oust ISIL fighters from the neighbourhood of Al-Zinjali near the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, on June 8th, 2017. [Sam Tarling for The Telegraph]

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BARTELLA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 27: An Iraqi Golden Division soldier tries to give water to an injured horse that was found standing by the roadside, on October 27, 2016 in Bartella, Iraq. Bartella was recently captured from ISIS by Iraqi special forces as they press toward Mosul, which is just some 7 miles away from the town.
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BARTELLA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 27: An Iraqi Golden Division soldier insoects an ISIS bomb making factory on October 27, 2016 in Bartella, Iraq. Bartella was recently captured from ISIS by Iraqi special forces as they press toward Mosul, which is just some 7 miles away from the town.
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As dust from a nearby coalition airstrike fills the air, Iraqi Federal Police secure a building during operations to oust ISIL fighters from the neighbourhood of Al-Zinjali near the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, on June 8th, 2017. [Sam Tarling for The Telegraph]

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A family fleeing fighting between Iraqi security forces and ISIS walk through the neighbourhood of Sammod, on the southern edge of western Mosul on March 9, 2017. Those living in neighbourhoods recently captured from ISIS face severe shortages of basic necessities including water, fuel and electricity. [Sam Tarling / The Telegraph]

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Patients wait in the Ibn Al-Athir Children's Hospital in east Mosul on March 13, 2017. The hospital was torched by ISIS, causing extensive damage. [Sam Tarling / The Telegraph]

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Nour Younes reacts as her two-year-old son, Yassine dies at a medical clinic on the eastern edge of Mosul, on November 22, 2016. Four of her children were injured when what neighbours described as an ISIS mortar landed on their house in the Al Zahraa neighbourhood of Mosul. Many civilians are electing to remain in their homes, complicating Iraqi forces' efforts to retake the city from ISIS.
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