Iraq said Thursday that its U.S.-backed forces had taken control of the airport in Mosul, which Islamic State extremists had controlled since 2014.
ກຳລັງ ໜຸນຫຼັງ ໂດຍ ສຫລ ຍຶດເມືອງໂມຊູລ ຄືນ
![Fighting rages on as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces battle Islamic State militants for control of the airport in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/7cf8931a-d8c2-4e96-bd1b-feb1b88bbce3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fighting rages on as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces battle Islamic State militants for control of the airport in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)
![Iraqi special forces prepare to battle Islamic State militants for control of the airport in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/4f269e3c-94e2-432d-a2a4-dccd3156f466_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraqi special forces prepare to battle Islamic State militants for control of the airport in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)
![Rubble from a destroyed home litters the street in Abu Saif village, southwest Mosul, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/58cc7e08-2bda-4dd5-98e1-896a8c50bedc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rubble from a destroyed home litters the street in Abu Saif village, southwest Mosul, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)
![Women and children flee as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces battle Islamic State militants for control of the airport in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/c24c9b8a-42cf-41ee-8bf3-1292b9ed48b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women and children flee as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces battle Islamic State militants for control of the airport in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (K. Omar/VOA)