Iraq On the frontline with Islamic State BBC News

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Subscribe to BBC News / bbcnews • The Iraqi Army says it is now pushing back Islamic State fighters from around Baghdad, and the city will not fall. With no foreign troops in combat on the ground in Iraq, the army has the job of following up on coalition airstrikes to halt IS advances. A series of setbacks in the summer had raised questions about the army's ability and morale to do this and take the fight to IS. Our World Affairs John Simpson, has been with the Iraqi Army to the frontline with Islamic State about twenty miles south west of Baghdad: • Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog • Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/news • Facebook: / bbcworldnews • Twitter: / bbcworld • Instagram: / bbcnews

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