BAGHDAD: The operation Iraqi forces launched on Monday to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group could last weeks and "possibly longer", a top US general said.

Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, commander of the US-led coalition battling the jihadist group, warned that victory in IS's last major stronghold in Iraq could take time.

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