Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul have cut the last road out of the city, trapping Islamic State group fighters inside. The US envoy to the anti-IS coalition said this today.'<br/><br/>Brett McGurk told journalists in Baghdad that any of the fighters who are left in Mosul, they're going to die there, because they're trapped. ''<br/>'<br/>IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes and other support have since retaken 60 percent of the territory they lost, McGurk said. And the jihadist group is now losing fighters faster than it can replace them, he said.'<br/><br/>Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake Mosul in October, retaking its eastern side before setting their sights on the city's smaller but more densely populated west.<br/><br/>

Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul have cut the last road out of the city, trapping Islamic State group fighters inside. The US envoy to the anti-IS coalition said this today.'<br/><br/>Brett McGurk told journalists in Baghdad that any of the fighters who are left in Mosul, they're going to die there, because they're trapped. ''<br/>'<br/>IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes and other support have since retaken 60 percent of the territory they lost, McGurk said. And the jihadist group is now losing fighters faster than it can replace them, he said.'<br/><br/>Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake Mosul in October, retaking its eastern side before setting their sights on the city's smaller but more densely populated west.<br/><br/>