Islamic State failing in Iraq says defence secretary Michael Fallon

Terror group Islamic State is "failing" in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said - as he warned that the fight to regain the country's second largest city "will not be a quick operation".

Islamic State failing in Iraq says defence secretary Michael Fallon

Terror group Islamic State is "failing" in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said - as he warned that the fight to regain the country's second largest city "will not be a quick operation".

Michael said around half of the RAF's bombing raids in the region were now concentrating on Mosul, which remains under so-called Islamic State's control.

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