Iraqi special forces capture two Mosul neighborhoods

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 07:11 in Earth & Climate

Andrew V. PestanoMOSUL, Iraq, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Iraqi forces seized two of Mosul's eastern neighborhoods soon after government troops set foot in the city after more than two years of Islamic State control.

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