This is an entry from: LIVE BLOG: The battle for Mosul
Pro-IS accounts post Twitter updates of militant fightback
17 October 2016 13:45 BST
Pro-Islamic State (IS) group accounts on Twitter are relaying reports from the militant group's media wing, al-Amaq news agency, on their succesful attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces.
Translation: "One bulldozer has been destroyed and another damaged, both belonging to Iraqi forces, in the southern town of al-Houd in south Mosul"
Translation: "One Hummer vehicle has been destroyed and another damaged, and two bulldozers have been destroyed, all belonging to the Peshmerga, in the village of Baskhera"
Translation: "Two Hummer vehicles belonging to the Peshmerga forces and the Shia al-Hashd (al-Shaabi) have been destroyed in the town of Kabrily, east of Mosul"