伊拉克总理：摩苏尔行动进展超过预期

Iraq's prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, says the operation to retake Mosul from Islamic State is going much faster than expected.

He spoke in Paris where foreign ministers from Western and Middle Eastern nations have been meeting to discuss how to restore peace and stability once the Islamic State group is ousted from Mosul.

The Pentagon announced that a U.S. service member was killed in a blast northern Iraq but it was unclear if the incident was linked to the Mosul operation

On Wednesday, the U.S. general running the coalition ground campaign in Iraq urged Iraqi forces fighting for Mosul not to "go so fast that they start to give opportunity to the enemy."