Female TV reporter killed in Mosul as Iraqi forces push into West of the city despite resistance from ISIS snipers, bombs and armed DRONES

A female war reporter in Iraq was killed today by a bomb blast. Shifa Gardi (pictured) was covering the fight against ISIS in Mosul for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw. The channel said: 'Journalism remains male-dominated - Shifa Gardi broke those perceptions and stereotypes. We pay tribute to her courageous journalism.' Her cameraman suffered serious injuries and was rushed to hospital after a roadside bomb detonated. It came as ISIS jihadis fought Iraqi troops with car bombs, snipers and dozens of armed drones. Hundreds of civilians have fled the conflict zone. Pictured: Iraqi strikes on ISIS targets.