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Iraqi forces are making huge gains in their mission to wipe out the jihadi virus from Mosul.

Backed by US airstrikes, the troops are working to clear the remaining districts of the death cult.

Thousands of Islamist extremists were taken out during fierce clashes with the Iraqi army in the disputed Tenek and Abar districts.

Both districts are now under Iraqi government control.

Sabah al-Noaman, of the army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service, said the preliminary death toll for ISIS fighters was estimated to be around 2,900.

There is estimated to be very few ISIS fighters left in Mosul after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi admitted defeat in the city.

The huge number of scalps is yet another bold statement that Trump plans to deliver on his vow to "wipe ISIS off the face of the Earth".

Former commander-in-chief Barack Obama dragged his feet over military action against ISIS during his eight year presidency.

But Trump has taken decisive steps since taking office with several hammer blows to ISIS strongholds in recent weeks.

Most significant was his attack on an ISIS tunnel target in Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon in his arsenal.

The Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb – or MOAB – was dropped on Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the Pentagon confirmed.

Iraqi Army snipers are currently being deployed in bid to force the jihadis out of Mosul.

ISIS fighters have been forced back into one quarter of the western part of the city.

But jihadi thugs have been snatching children and civilians to use as human shields – bringing the liberation of Mosul to a standstill.

With tanks and airstrikes no longer an option, the Iraqi Army is deploying specialist squads of convert snipers to drive out ISIS.

Speculation is still swirling over the fate of ISIS leader Baghdadi after US special forces carried out an assassination mission behind enemy lines.