Reuters: Iraq faces pockets of Islamic State resistance in Mosul's Old City
MOSUL/TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces hit further pockets of resistance from Islamic State militants in Mosul's Old City on Friday, four days after the prime minister declared victory.
Army helicopters flew overhead and explosions could be heard, residents said.
"Three mortars landed on our district," a resident of Faysaliya, just across the Tigris river in east Mosul, said by telephone.
The U.S.-led coalition backing the Iraqi military campaign said it had conducted two air strikes in the Mosul area a day earlier, destroying 22 fighting positions and a tunnel.
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