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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 mosul‘s 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, they ve breached their own defences, armoured vehicles are lining up ready for the islamic state. they re only a couple of kilometres over that way, and they know that these men are coming. they re dug in, and the assault on western mosul has started. leading the attack, i ....
been pushing forward, in a major offensive to try and take full control of the second largest city, mosul. the city was seized more than two years ago by the so called islamic state. the offensive to remove them began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of the city last month. but the western half of the city is home to around 750,000 civilians, and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nik millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. they sent this report on the first day of the offensive. 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, in a line of attack that spread for miles. the iraqi army are starting their assault on western mosul. they ve breached their own defences. armoured vehicles are lining up, getting ready for the isl ....
pushing forward in a major offensive to try and take full control of the second largest city mosul. the city was seized more than two years ago by the so called islamic state. the offensive to remove them began last october with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of the city last month. but the western half of the city is home to around 750,000 civilians, and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nik millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces they sent this report on the first day of the offensive. 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, in a line of attack that spread for miles. the iraqi army are starting their assault on western mosul. they ve breached their own defences. armoured vehicles are lining up, getting ready for the islamic ....
hello. iraqi security forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive to try and take full control of the second largest city, mosul. the city was seized more than two years ago by the so called islamic state. the offensive to remove them began last october with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of the city last month. but the western half of the city is home to around 750,000 civilians, and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nik millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. they sent this report on the first day of the offensive. 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, in a line of attack that spread for miles. the iraqi army are starting their assault on western mosul. they ve breached their own defences. armoured vehicles are lini ....