Hundreds of Iraqi special forces have arrived near the ISIL stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq in advance of an operation to retake the city.
But the planned campaign is facing major logistical and political challenges between Iraq and Turkey.
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid explains.
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