MOSUL, Iraq—Iraqi troops on Friday breached the Mosul University campus used by Islamic State as a military facility, in what officials said was a significant advance in the nearly four-month battle to reclaim the city. Retaking the university would be a major step in bringing the eastern half of Mosul—Islamic State’s largest stronghold in Iraq—fully under Iraqi government control, senior officers said on Friday. Islamic State...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 13, 2017 20:14 UTC