Photos| Battle of Mosul: Iraqi forces take back al-Nuri mosque from IS

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Updated On Jul 05, 2017 02:22 pm IST

Iraqi forces capture the Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, from where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared himself ‘caliph’ in July 2014. As Iraqi forces continued to advance on the last few hundred square kilometers of Mosul held by the Islamic State group, the country's Prime Minister said Tuesday the gains show Iraqis reject terrorism.

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Fleeing Iraqi civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. As Iraqi forces continued to advance on the last few hundred square kilometers of Mosul held by the Islamic State group, the country's Prime Minister said Tuesday the gains show Iraqis reject terrorism. (AP)

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Iraqi children flee through the rubble as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City. (AP)

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Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) walk past a body as they make their way through an alley. (AFP)

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An Iraqi baby who fled from the Islamic State militants receives a vaccination against disease. Largely cut off from food and water for months, humanitarian groups are reporting a spike in the number of displaced people suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. (REUTERS)

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Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) advance inside a house in the Maidan district. (AFP)

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Inside Mosul’s Old City, civilians fleeing Iraqi advance are increasingly desperate. The elderly and weak are carried across mounds of rubble in blankets. (AFP)

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Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) take position inside a house in the Maidan district. Clashes have displaced more than 850,000 people, according to the International Organization for Migration. (AFP)

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Omar, a young wounded Iraqi boy whose family was killed in the ongoing battles to oust the Islamic State (IS) group from Mosul, sits with members of the Counter Terrorism Services (CTS) as they help him to flee the Old City of Mosul. (AFP)

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Damaged and destroyed houses dot the areas retaken by Iraqi forces and the stench of rotting bodies rises from beneath collapsed buildings. (AFP)

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Iraqi Federal Police members hold an Islamic State flag which they pulled down during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul. (Ahmed Saad / Reuters)

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Photos| Battle of Mosul: Iraqi forces take back al-Nuri mosque from IS

Iraqi children flee through the rubble as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City. (AP)

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) walk past a body as they make their way through an alley. (AFP)

An Iraqi baby who fled from the Islamic State militants receives a vaccination against disease. Largely cut off from food and water for months, humanitarian groups are reporting a spike in the number of displaced people suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. (REUTERS)

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) advance inside a house in the Maidan district. (AFP)

Inside Mosul’s Old City, civilians fleeing Iraqi advance are increasingly desperate. The elderly and weak are carried across mounds of rubble in blankets. (AFP)

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) take position inside a house in the Maidan district. Clashes have displaced more than 850,000 people, according to the International Organization for Migration. (AFP)

Omar, a young wounded Iraqi boy whose family was killed in the ongoing battles to oust the Islamic State (IS) group from Mosul, sits with members of the Counter Terrorism Services (CTS) as they help him to flee the Old City of Mosul. (AFP)

Damaged and destroyed houses dot the areas retaken by Iraqi forces and the stench of rotting bodies rises from beneath collapsed buildings. (AFP)

Iraqi Federal Police members hold an Islamic State flag which they pulled down during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul. (Ahmed Saad / Reuters)

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