Iraqi Forces Say IS Confined to Handful of Areas as Advances Continue

Iraqi forces captured more territories from Islamic Sate and advanced deeper in west Mosul on May 15, reports citing officials said. According to Iraqi media, Islamic State remained in control of only 10 neighborhoods in west Mosul.The Iraqi Federal Police said that its forces liberated several areas in northwest Mosul and advanced towards remaining IS strongholds.Videos here were shared by the Iraqi Federal Police. The first one is described as showing troops pushing deeper into west Mosul.The second video is described as showing Federal Police having captured a factory in the city’s Tamuz 17 district used by IS to make explosives and “chemical canisters”. The speakers in the video say they found the factory inside a mosque.