An armored vehicle of Iraqi forces is seen in Mosul, northern Iraq, on Dec. 10, 2016. Iraqi security forces took control of four more districts in the city of Mosul on Saturday, as part of their slow and fierce fighting to drive out Islamic State (IS) militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq, the Iraqi army said. The elite of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) started their push into the four districts early on Saturday, bringing the total number of districts liberated from IS militants in eastern Mosul to 31, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) statement said. (Xinhua/Yaser Jawad)
