Iraqi forces say started storming Islamic State-held Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces say started storming Islamic State-held Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces started storming the Islamic State-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, a military statement said. "This is the last chapter" in the offensive to take Mosul, said Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani al-Asadi, the commander of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) elite units. The U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive to capture Mosul entered its ninth month on Saturday.


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CFM says confident of reaching 500 LEAP deliveries in 2017

CFM International said on Saturday it was confident of meeting a target of 500 deliveries of LEAP engines by the end of the year despite a recent quality flaw with a component. Boeing earlier this year briefly suspended 737 MAX test flights while CFM, co-owned by Safran and General Electric, conducted checks after a problem was found in a turbine disc. Safran and GE have both recently talked of 450-500 engine deliveries but CFM officials told a briefing ahead of the Paris Airshow that they remained committed to the target of 500 and that their level of confidence had not changed.


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