Troops retake police stations in Mosul

US and Iraqi troops recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.

Troops met “very little resistance” yesterday in securing several of the dozen or so police stations that had been captured by militants, the US military command said. Nineveh province’s deputy governor said militants blew up the Zuhour police station ahead of the US advance, but the US military denied any stations were destroyed.