Iraqi officials say troops have recaptured a key village outside the Islamic State-held city of Mosul after days of heavy fighting.
Lt. Col. Mohammed al-Wagaa of the Iraqi army said troops retook the village of al-Nasr, near the Tigris river, on Monday, after destroying six suicide car bombers that had tried to attack them.
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