That is as a result of ISIS continuously burning crude oil to try to impair the visibility of coalition air strikes. And as Iraqi forces have been advancing, they have not only had to cope with that thick black smoke that Our Arwa Damon has been in the town of Qayyara where the challenges to liberating Mosul are mounting.ĪRWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We're just outside of the center of the town of Qayyara in a battle that has been going on sinceĪbout 5:00 in the morning local time.
Since then, thousands have fled the city, many have no where to go but the unforgiving desert. Mosul is Iraq's second largest city and has been Theīlack sky in the background is burning oil tankers torched by ISIS to create a wall of smoke. That explosion is believed to be an ISIS vehicle rigged with explosives in the nearby town of Qayyara, a key staging ground for Iraqi troops.
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