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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20170219

good evening. iraqi security forces have been pushing forward today in a major offensive aimed at taking full control of their second largest city mosul from so called islamic state. the city was seized more than two years ago as is moved into northern and western iraq. years ago as is moved the offensive to remove them began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of mosul last month. the eastern part but the western half of the city is home to around three quarters of a million civilians, and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. and stiff resistance our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman nik millard, are the only television journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. are the only television journalists they sent this report. are the only television journalists 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 vehic

Transcripts For BBCNEWS Newsday 20170220

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, iraq s emergency response division, police special forces. some of these men were surrounded by is two years ago, theyjust escaped with their lives. today they threw everything they had at is. we re now above the village, which is their main target, they re laying down fire and they re about to call in some artillery strikes. but first came the mortars. the captain tells me there are three is fighters in a yellow building down there and car bombs, we re targeting them now. car bomb explosion just gone off, the men were trying to take it out, it seems like they managed to hit it. they set up a whole bunch of. we ll cal

Transcripts For BBCNEWS Newsday 20170220

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, iraq s

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