Iraqi women take shelter with children in the village of Gogjali, a few hundred metres of Mosul's eastern edge, as clashes go on between Iraqi army forces and jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group to retake Mosul, the last Iraqi city under the control of IS, on November 2, 2016. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)





Seven members of the same family are buried after their house was hit by an airstrike late last month, in Faziliya, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. Yusuf Mohammed Yusuf said that an airstrike hit the house of his brother and killed eight members of his family in the village of Faziliya, which was recently retaken by Iraqi Kurdish forces from the Islamic State group. The body of one child was not found. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





An Iraqi special forces soldier searches a house in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





Civilians carry a white flag as they pass by Iraqi special forces on patrol in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. Iraqi special forces paused their advance in an eastern district of Mosul on Wednesday to clear a neighborhood of any remaining Islamic State militants, killing at least eight while carrying out house-to-house searches. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





Iraqi soldiers pose with an Islamic State (IS) group flag as they hold a position in the village of Gogjali, a few hundred metres of Mosul's eastern edge, on November 2, 2016, as clashes go on between Iraqi army forces and the jihadists to retake Mosul, the last Iraqi city under the control of IS. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)





A man kisses an Iraqi special forces soldier after his house was searched, in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





Iraqi Christian soldiers inspect a bulding destroyed by Islamic State militants, in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi army personnel drink tea in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





A priest puts cross on the street of Qaraqosh, near Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi Christian soldiers walk near a bulding destroyed by Islamic State militants, in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi Christian soldiers look at a fake military vehicle made of wood used by the Islamic State militants, in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





An Iraqi Christian soldier stands at the Grand Immaculate Church during the first mass since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





An Iraqi soldier takes position in the village of Gogjali, a few hundred metres of Mosul's eastern edge, as clashes go on between Iraqi army forces and jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group to retake Mosul, the last Iraqi city under the control of IS, on November 2, 2016. More than a million civilians in Mosul were in grave danger and aid workers were “bracing for the worst”, a relief group said, after Iraqi forces reached the jihadist-held city. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)





Iraqi special forces soldiers patrol a street in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. Iraqi special forces paused their advance in the eastern district of Mosul on Wednesday to clear a neighborhood of any remaining Islamic State militants, killing at least eight while carrying out house-to-house searches. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





People who were displaced from their homes by fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants return to their neighborhood in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





Yusuf Mohammed Yusuf sits on the debris of his brother's house, that was destroyed by an airstrike, in Faziliya, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. Yusuf said that an airstrike hit the house of his brother and killed eight members of his family in the village of Faziliya, which was recently retaken by Iraqi Kurdish forces from the Islamic State group. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, an Iraqi special forces soldier uses radio communications as he observes Islamic State militants positions in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, Iraqi special forces soldiers try to find cover as they take fire from Islamic State militants in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, an Iraqi special forces soldier stands guard in an alley in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, General Heidar Fadhil of the Iraqi special forces uses a radio as he overlooks the eastern outskirts of Mosul from his position in Bazwaya, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, an Iraqi special forces soldier climbs up the stairs of a house as his unit searches for an Islamic State militants sniper position in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, an Iraqi special forces soldier stands in a street in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier walks inside a house that was used by the Islamic State in Faziliya, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, Iraqi special forces soldiers try to repair their vehicle as their unit receives fire from an Islamic State militants sniper in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier takes photos of destroyed houses on a road north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. Iraqi forces say they are holding positions they took from Islamic State fighters in Mosul's eastern outskirts as poor weather hampers visibility in operations. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers look at a Islamic State flag inside an abandoned house in Faziliya, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. The Norwegian Refugee Council warned that more than 1 million civilians trapped inside Mosul “are in grave danger” as Iraqi troops advance into the city. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





People gather and smoke outside a coffee shop in Faziliya, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers walk next to Islamic State graffiti inside a house in Faziliya, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier observes Islamic State-held territory through binoculars at a frontline position near Khorsabad, north of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, November 1, 2016 photo, Iraqi special forces soldiers take cover as their unit receives fire from an Islamic State militant sniper in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





People injured in fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants move in an alley of Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





An Iraqi special forces soldier takes aim as his unit receives sniper fire from Islamic State militants in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





A man wipes tears from his eyes and holds a white flag as Iraqi special forces soldiers search his home in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





An Iraqi special forces soldier peeks through a hole in a door as his unit gets ready to search a compound in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





An Iraqi special forces soldier holds up the country's flag in Gogjali, an eastern district of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo)





Iraqi army soldiers warm themselves next to a fire near the Qayara air base, south of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The U.N. human rights office is lauding efforts by the U.S.-led coalition in the battle against the Islamic State group in Mosul. The office in Geneva says coalition flights over Iraq have largely succeeded in preventing IS from bringing in 25,000 more civilians to the city center, where the militant group has been using people as human shields as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





A woman waves to Iraq soldiers in the village of Gogjali, a few hundred metres of Mosul's eastern edge, as clashes go on between Iraqi army forces and jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group to retake Mosul, the last Iraqi city under the control of IS, on November 2, 2016. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)