- January 24: As Iraqi forces prepare to attack Mosul's west, the United Nations warns that 750,000 civilians there are at "extreme risk" and a quarter of a million Iraqis could flee their homes.
The chemical attack on Sunday occurred in a recently-liberated area of Mosul, where the Federal Police and Rapid Response forces are advancing towards the old city which is still roaming with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) jihadists.
Mosul, the largest city in northern Iraq, was captured by the ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim fighters in mid 2014.
"Mosul has pushed us to our operational limits", said Grande.
Anti-terrorism forces affiliated the Iraqi army clashed for more than 13 hours until Thursday noon with Daesh militants in the neighborhood, which is regarded as one of the most important strongholds of the terror group in the western part of the city, Police Capt.
As many as 500,000 civilians could remain in parts of western Mosul under Daesh jihadist group control, OCHA estimates.
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The brutal fighting has taken a massive toll on the civilian population.
Iraq's federal police moved forces 200 meters deeper into the Old City, getting closer to al-Nuri mosque, a statement said.
He said seven Iraqi soldiers suffered breathing problems and were treated in a nearby field clinic.
Heavy exchanges of gunfire and mortar rounds could be heard from the neighbourhoods facing the old city across the Tigris river that bisects Mosul into a western and eastern sides.
Scores of civilians were killed this week in suspected USA -led coalition airstrikes in western Mosul, now the subject of a major offensive to oust IS militants from the area, according to a local Iraqi NGO.
Iraqi "successes in Mosul obscure how (IS) has successfully been resurging in other provinces in Iraq", Martin said. It also said the militants were increasingly using suicide motorbikes attacks.
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