It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london, and 4 00am in the morning in mosul, in iraq, following a day where thousands of Iraqi Government forces have advanced on the city, the opening day of an offensive to recapture the western part from so called Islamic State. The first target appears to be mosuls airport. Is militants are fighting back. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville is with the iraqi forces. This is his report. Just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called Islamic State. Thousands of men, and hundreds of armoured vehicles, ina line of attack that spread for miles. The iraqi army are starting their assault on Western Mosul, theyve breached their own defences, armoured vehicles are lining up ready for the Islamic State. Theyre only a couple of kilometres over that way, and they know that these men are coming. Theyre dug in, and the assault on Western Mosul has started. Leading the attack, iraqs Emergency Respons
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london, and 4 00am in the morning in mosul, in iraq, following a day where thousands of Iraqi Government forces have advanced on the city, the opening day of an offensive to recapture the western part from so called Islamic State. The first target appears to be mosuls airport. Is militants are fighting back. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville is with the iraqi forces. This is his report. Just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called Islamic State. Thousands of men, and hundreds of armoured vehicles, ina line of attack that spread for miles. The iraqi army are starting their assault on Western Mosul, theyve breached their own defences, armoured vehicles are lining up ready for the Islamic State. Theyre only a couple of kilometres over that way, and they know that these men are coming. Theyre dug in, and the assault on Western Mosul has started. Leading the attack, iraqs Emergency Respons