Fox News: ISIS Now Controls Only 600 Square Yards of Territory in Mosul

EXCERPT:

PALKOT: “Jon, we’ve been covering this story for something like three years. It appears to be near an end, but it’s not over yet and the place, Mosul, remains a very dangerous place. Officials on the ground say that ISIS, so-called Islamic State fighters now control something like just 600 square yards of territory in the old city of Mosul. They are doing clashes with Iraqi forces, Special Forces, backed with U.S. and coalition help. There are something like 300, it is estimated, ISIS fighters in that small enclave, but they are apparently fighting to the finish. Last night in Baghdad, Iraq’s prime minister al-Abadi declaring victory over ISIS there. Again, this battle has been going on for something like eight months. An official on the ground said that perhaps tomorrow is the real victory, but again, the skirmishing continues. ISIS, according to officials there, are launching waves and waves of suicide bombers in the last couple of days, including women suicide bombers. As the casualties mount, along with the deaths, the injuries are said to be just the worst of this long, long battle."