Although IS is close to losing Mosul, the jihadist group still controls a number of Iraqi towns.
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Iraq's PM condemns IS's destruction of an ancient landmark as troops advance in Mosul's Old City.
Read moreA video purportedly shows the destruction of Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its minaret.
The al-Nuri Mosque was where the leader of IS proclaimed its so-called "caliphate" in 2014.
Read moreBBC Arabic filmed the mosque from the front line in Mosul, just hours before it was blown up.
The mosque, with its famous leaning minaret, is where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the creation of a new "caliphate" in 2014.
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Stephan Villeneuve and Bakhtiyar Haddad were embedded with Iraqi forces battling IS militants.
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Iraqi forces say militants have blocked entrances to the enclave and booby-trapped homes.
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The UN says 100,000 civilians are still in the last district held by so-called Islamic State.
Read moreFootage shows troops pushing into the last district held by so-called Islamic State.