(Mosul) They say a picture says a thousand words here's a few thousand then:
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters load a multiple rocket launcher |
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fire a multiple rocket launcher from the top of Mount Zardak, |
ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh, across the Tigris from Mosul under fire |
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take up position on top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometres east of Mosul, |
Iraqi forces are pictured cheering as they gather at Qayyarah military base, |
Iraqi forces begin the advance on Mosul |
Iraqi forces gather about 60 kilometres south of Mosul |
Iraqi security forces stands guard during preparations to attack Mosul |
A Iraqi convoy leaving Kirkuk for Mosul, |
A car bomb explosion to the east of Mosul |
Kurdish Peshmerga |
Kurdish Peshmerga |
A member of the US-led coalition stands guard shortly before the start of the offensive |
Kurdish Peshmerga forces advance on Mosul |
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters hold a position on the top of Mount Zardak |
Iraqi forces advance towards Mosul |