伊拉克總理：摩蘇爾行動進展超過預期

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."伊拉克總理阿巴迪表示，從伊斯蘭國手中收復摩蘇爾的行動進展比預期要快得多。

阿巴迪是在巴黎與西方和中東國家外長會晤時說的這番話，這次會議討論了把伊斯蘭國極端組織從摩蘇爾趕走後應該如何恢復和平與穩定。

美國國防部宣佈，一名美國軍人在伊拉克北部的一次炸彈爆炸中喪生， 但目前還不清楚這次爆炸是否與摩蘇爾行動有關。

星期三，負責聯軍伊拉克地面作戰的美國將領呼籲進攻摩蘇爾的伊拉克軍隊不要 “急於求成，給敵人可乘之機”。