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| Iraq crisis: Mosul dam 'recaptured' from IS militants | Iraq crisis: Mosul dam 'recaptured' from IS militants |
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| Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops have retaken Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) militants who seized it two weeks ago, Iraqi officials say. | Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops have retaken Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) militants who seized it two weeks ago, Iraqi officials say. |
| Military spokesman Lt-Gen Qassim Atta told state TV that the dam - Iraq's largest - was recaptured on Monday. | Military spokesman Lt-Gen Qassim Atta told state TV that the dam - Iraq's largest - was recaptured on Monday. |
| The troops were backed by a joint air patrol, he added, without specifying if there had been any US air strikes. | The troops were backed by a joint air patrol, he added, without specifying if there had been any US air strikes. |
| The report could not be immediately verified, and one Twitter account linked to IS said it still had control. | The report could not be immediately verified, and one Twitter account linked to IS said it still had control. |
| The dam, captured by IS on 7 August, is of huge strategic significance. | |
| Located on the River Tigris about 50km (30 miles) upstream from the city of Mosul, it controls the water and power supply to a large surrounding area in northern Iraq. | |
| Earlier, Kurdish officials said the Peshmerga had recaptured most of the area around the dam, but still had more to do to achieve full control. | |
| They said IS fighters had put up stiff resistance, and had planted many roadside bombs and other explosive devices. |