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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161025070125/http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mosul">Mosul</a>.</p> <p>The region around the Mishraq Sulphur Plant was covered with yellowish fumes on Saturday, as battles continued surrounding the militants’ last major stronghold in Iraq.</p> <p>“Daesh (Isis) blew up the sulphur plant two days ago and that has led to the deaths of two people among the civilians in nearby villages,” General Qusay Hamid Kadhem told the AFP news agency. “Of course, this is affecting our planned progress.”</p> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-video"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><div class="image"> <div class="bc_container"> <video id="5179595243001" data-account="624246174001" data-player="2d3d4a83-ba40-464e-9bfb-2804b076bf67" data-embed="default" data-video-id="5179595243001" class="video-js" controls=""></video><script 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that could be seen from space</a>.</p> <p>It came as Iraqi security forces, the Kurdish Peshmerga and militias continued their advance on Mosul, pushing into Qaraqosh.</p> <p>The Iraqi army’s 9th Division raised the national flag over a central government stronghold in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161025070125/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mosul-offensive-news-latest-today-isis-islamic-state-iraq-advance-bakhdida-suicide-bombs-fighting-a7370016.html">Christian town</a>, also known as Hamdaniyah or Bakhdida, which has been mostly deserted since Isis’ advance in 2014.</p> <p>It lies 12 miles from Mosul, with roads and settlements leading towards the city laden with improvised explosive devices, Isis snipers, booby traps and suicide bombs. Iraqi forces also came under fire in the town of Bartella, which was retaken last week.</p> <p>Isis’ Amaq agency claimed jihadis had foiled an attack on Qaraqosh and seized weapons left by retreating Shia militias as its propaganda sought to play down mounting losses in the offensive. The claims could not be verified.</p> <p>An Iraqi journalist was killed while covering military operations to the south of Mosul as battles continued on Saturday.</p> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-gallery"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><div class="image"><script> <![CDATA[// ><!]]> </script><div class="container grid-mod-gallery" data-scald-gallery="4975121">  <h2 class="gallery-title"><span class="media-prefix icon-gallery"></span>In pictures: Mosul offensive</h2> <div class="images">  <ul><li class="lazy " data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/10/18/10/iraqi-forces-mosul-7.jpg"> <a data-gallery-thumb="1" href="#"><span class="pager icon-arrow-left"></span></a> <a data-gallery-thumb="1" href="#"><span class="pager icon-arrow-right"></span></a> </li> <li class="lazy " 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class="counter">2/15</span>  </h2>  <p>The Iraqi military and the country's Kurdish forces say they launched operations to the south and east of militant-held Mosul</p>  <p class="credits">AP</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="3"> <h2> <span class="counter">3/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters hold a position on the top of Mount Zardak</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="4"> <h2> <span class="counter">4/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi forces battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the Bajwaniyah village, about 30 kms south of Mosul</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="5"> <h2> <span class="counter">5/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Smoke rises from burning oil wells on near the town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul, during the operation to recapture the city from the Islamic State group</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="6"> <h2> <span class="counter">6/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces were making gains on the Islamic State group in Mosul</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="7"> <h2> <span class="counter">7/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Displaced Iraqis from the Bajwaniyah village, about 30 kms south of Mosul, who fled fighting in the Mosul area carry a white flag as they approach security forces</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="8"> <h2> <span class="counter">8/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Displaced Iraqis from the Bajwaniyah village, about 30 kms south of Mosul, who fled fighting in the Mosul area walk towards security forces</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="9"> <h2> <span class="counter">9/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi forces deploy and advance towards the city of Mosul to retake it from the Islamic State group jihadists</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="10"> <h2> <span class="counter">10/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shourah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadist</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="11"> <h2> <span class="counter">11/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shourah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadist</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="12"> <h2> <span class="counter">12/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced earlier in the day that the long-awaited operation to recapture Mosul was under way</p>  <p class="credits">Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="13"> <h2> <span class="counter">13/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi forces hold a position near al-Shurah, 45kms south of Mosul, on October 17th 2016 (Getty) </p>  <p class="credits">AFP/Getty Images</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="14"> <h2> <span class="counter">14/15</span>  </h2>  <p>Iraqi forces deploy some 45 kms south of Mosul</p>  <p class="credits">AFP/Getty</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="15"> <h2> <span class="counter">15/15</span>  </h2>  <p>A Peshmerga convoy drives towards a frontline in Khazer, about 20 miles east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, 17 October, 2016</p>  <p class="credits">Bram Janssen/AP</p> </li> </ul><div class="ad-mpu mpu5-container"> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <p>Alsumaria<em> </em>TV said Ali Risan, a cameraman, was shot in the chest by an Isis sniper in the al-Shura area. News of his death came a day after another journalist, Ahmet Haceroglu of Turkmeneli TV, was shot dead by militants while covering the Isis assault on Kirkuk. </p> <p>Fighting continued in the city on Saturday after Isis launched a series of bloody attacks in what officials described as an attempted diversion from the Mosul offensive. Fighters killed more than a dozen workers at a power plant and attacked provincial headquarters in the Kurdish-controlled city, 100 miles to the south east of its de-facto Iraqi capital.</p> <p>Colonel Redah Sheikh said skirmishes continued between Peshmerga troops and Isis fighters in some districts on Saturday but the situation was contained.</p> <p>Gory photos posted on social media showed the bodies of captured Isis militants killed by hanging or being crushed by breezeblocks, with corpses dumped in bins and dragged through the streets by cars.</p> <p>Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, called for all forces active in Iraq to abide by international law on Friday.</p> <p>“Isil [Isis] fighters who have been captured or have surrendered should be held accountable in accordance with the law for any crimes they have committed,” he added.</p> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-image"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><div class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161025070125im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2016/10/22/16/mosul-offensive2.jpg" width="564" height="423" alt="mosul-offensive2.jpg" title="mosul-offensive2.jpg"/></div></div><div class="dnd-caption-wrapper">Iraqi army are seen in Qayyarah, Iraq, October 22, 2016. The fumes in the background are from oil wells that were set ablaze by Islamic State militants. (Reuters)</div></div> <p>The UN has concern for around 1.5 million civilians believed to be trapped inside Mosul, with at least<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161025070125/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mosul-offensive-isis-abducts-550-families-villages-human-shields-iraqi-forces-peshmerga-advance-un-a7374201.html"> 550 families forced from surrounding villages to be used as human shields</a> in recent days.</p> <p>Humanitarian organisations say there is also inadequate provision for thousands of civilians displaced by the advance, which is expected to become the biggest battle in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.</p> <p>The assault has been hailed as decisive by commanders in Iraq and the US but analysts have warned the battle is likely to take months, with jihadis likely to flee into Isis territory in neighbouring Syria to regroup.</p> <p>Renad Mansour, an academy associate of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House, told <em>The Independent</em> the loss of Mosul was certain but would “definitely not” signal the end of Isis. He predicted Isis would revert to guerrilla-style warfare in Iraq, while leaders form a new strategy to continue attempts to build the group’s “caliphate”.</p> <p>“They will come together and wait – they know there’s no political solution, as well as fear of Kurdish Peshmerga and militias,” he added. “They know at some point the ground will be ripe again for them to move back in. Everyone is still looking short term, at a military solution for Mosul rather than the future of Isis.”</p> <p>Ash Carter, the US defence secretary, has arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit to meet Iraqi commanders as the US-led coalition continues air strikes in support of advancing troops. 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