[AP / Yonhap]
In this Thursday, May 11, 2017 photo, Maj. Ihab Jalil al-Aboudi, an Iraqi special forces commander, assists a woman fleeing to safety as his soldiers battle Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. In Mosul, Iraqi forces are steadily closing in on remaining pockets of territory held by IS, but unlike past urban battles against them in Iraq, the militants still hunkered down in the city are mounting a stiff resistance, and the more the battle stretches out, the greater the risk for civilians remaining behind.
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