Iraq forces push into Old Mosul as thousands trapped

Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians remain trapped under jihadist rule.The city's historic centre is home to the Al-Nuri mosque, where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 proclaimed an IS "caliphate" in jihadist-controlled territory in Iraq and neighbouring Syria.The forces have recaptured several neighbourhoods from IS since starting the push for west Mosul last month, but the battle for the Old City, wit