Incredible drone footage show ISIS suicide car bombers blowing up Iraqi tanks in ferocious battle for Mosul

SHOCKING footage has emerged of car bombs being set off across Mosul by ISIS.

Video, shot by a drone, depicts a series of vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs), exploding across the Iraqi city.

The clip has emerged just a week after the Iraqi Prime Minister said the terrorist group would be eliminated from the country in three months.

Haider al-Abadi made the claims as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from their city stronghold.

In the footage cars can be seen rolling down the road before dramatically exploding.

The attacks were targeting Iraqi Army positions in the east of the city.

Huge blasts from the still moving are shown rocking the city, often taking tanks with them.

The video comes as it has been revealed that Iraqi forces had retaken two more districts of the city.

An elite interior ministry unit had entered the Mithaq district and were clearing it today, the sources said, while counter terrorism forces retook an industrial zone on Tuesday.

The militants are using the city terrain to their advantage, concealing car bombs in narrow alleys, posting snipers on tall buildings with civilians on lower floors, and making underground tunnels and surface-level passageways between buildings.

"We were very afraid," said one Mithaq resident.

"A Daesh (Islamic State) anti-aircraft weapon was positioned close to our house and was opening fire on helicopters. We could see a small number of Daesh fighters in the street carrying light and medium weapons. They were hit by planes."

Most of those fleeing are from the eastern districts but residents of the besieged west, still fully under the militants' control, are increasingly attempting to escape, scaling bridges bombed by the coalition and crossing the Tigris by boat.

Despite shortages of food and water, most Mosul residents had stayed in their homes rather than fleeing as many had expected before the offensive began in October.