continue to liberate towns on their way to mosul. in fact, the commander of one division told cnn that his forces have destroyed dozens of suicide vehicles. they've cleared a large number of i ed and bobby traps and killed at least 50 fighters in the last two days. they've also, and this possibly ties into what happened with these soldiers now reportedly surrounded. there are these networks of tunnels that are in these toungs and villages, reportedly right throughout mosul as well, used to transport fighters and weaponry around the battlefield. reports that food found in one of those tunnels was still warm. so you can get a sense of what's going on underground. and the key now is to hold those areas they've taken, before they can move closer on to mosul. as you said, it's perhaps two weeks before they're told everything is likely in place to assault mosul itself. and then once inside the city. the battle itself to retake it could take two months and