Elite Iraqi Troops

Iraqi special forces battling to clear ISIS from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has slowed as troops face a mobile enemy hidden among thousands of civilians in the city, a top commander said.

ISIS militants left Ramadi's streets and buildings booby-trapped with bombs, hampering efforts to rebuild the city two weeks after Iraq's elite counter-terrorism forces claimed victory against the militant group there, officials said.

Elite Iraqi troops backed by US jets battled jihadists near Baghdad Wednesday as Washington devised a strategy for expanded operations against the Islamic State group.

Iraqi special forces battling to clear ISIS from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has slowed as troops face a mobile enemy hidden among thousands of civilians in the city, a top commander said.

ISIS militants left Ramadi's streets and buildings booby-trapped with bombs, hampering efforts to rebuild the city two weeks after Iraq's elite counter-terrorism forces claimed victory against the militant group there, officials said.

Elite Iraqi troops backed by US jets battled jihadists near Baghdad Wednesday as Washington devised a strategy for expanded operations against the Islamic State group.