Suicide bombing, shootouts kill around 55 in Iraq
"This is a decisive moment in the campaign to deliver ISIL a lasting defeat," Carter said in a statement, using an acronym for Islamic State.
US tries to defuse Iraq-Turkey war of words over Mosul
"We are confident our Iraqi partners will prevail against our common enemy and free Mosul and the rest of Iraq from ISIL's hatred and brutality."
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