Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops have retaken Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) militants who seized it two weeks ago, Iraqi officials say.
Military spokesman Lt-Gen Qassim Atta told state TV that the dam - Iraq's largest - was recaptured on Monday.
The troops were backed by a joint air patrol, he added, without specifying if there had been any US air strikes.
The report could not be immediately verified, and one Twitter account linked to IS said it still had control.
The dam, captured by IS on 7 August, is of huge strategic significance.
Located on the River Tigris about 50km (30 miles) upstream from the city of Mosul, it controls the water and power supply to a large surrounding area in northern Iraq.
Earlier, Kurdish officials said the Peshmerga had recaptured most of the area around the dam, but still had more to do to achieve full control.
They said IS fighters had put up stiff resistance, and had planted many roadside bombs and other explosive devices.
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