The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter that was supporting federal police forces in Mosul, killing two crew members, the military said today.
The United Nations has said more than 300 civilians have been killed in the fighting during the west Mosul offensive, which began in February.
The incident happened during the operation to retake the city from IS militants, the ministry of defence said.
On Tuesday, the Islamic State's spokesman Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer released the group's first official statement about the usa president, Reuters reports.
Iraq's military on Wednesday urged residents to shelter in their homes in jihadist-held areas of Mosul, where its bid to oust the Islamic State group has taken a heavy toll on civilians.
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Bakheet said one of her sons was killed when the militants first overran Mosul and the other was accused of being a "renegade" and jailed a year ago. The hardline group seized Mosul, Iraq's second city, almost three years ago, declaring from one of its oldest and most iconic mosques the establishment of a "caliphate" that also spans parts of Syria. An explosion in western Mosul last month killed between 60 and 240 people, according to various accounts.
But experts said that truly defeating ISIS required tackling the "enabling conditions" that gave way to violent extremism and cautioned Trump against "taking the bait".
Trump is examining ways to accelerate the US-led coalition campaign that USA and Iraqi officials say has so far been largely successful in uprooting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
The Islamic State has derided US President Donald Trump as a "stupid idiot" and said his rise to power was a sign of America's bankruptcy.
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