Iraqi Forces Repel Daesh Attacks on Mosul, Kill 97 Militants
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraqi army troops backed by volunteer forces, known as Popular Mobilization Forces, managed to repel massive attacks launched by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terror group in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 97 militants, local reports said.
In a statement released on Sunday, the commander of Nineveh Liberation Operation, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, said the terrorist group attempted to reach police stations south of Albu Sayf area in Mosul, but government forces destroyed two vehicles, killed 21 militants and injured many others.
The forces also countered another attack from Daesh in Al-Intisar, Salam, and Al-Shaima'a neighborhoods on the eastern bank of the Tigris river that flows through the city, killing 51 terrorists and destroying four bomb-laden cars and three of their vehicles, the commander added.
Yarallah further said that following intelligence reports on a gathering of terrorists in Al-Wehda neighborhood in Mosul, international coalition warplanes bombarded their position, killing 25 Daesh militants inside one of their hideouts.
The Iraqi army, the voluntary forces and Kurdish fighters launched a large-scale offensive to retake Mosul on October 17.
Iraqi troops have reportedly liberated more than 100 towns, killed 1,700 terrorists and destroyed 650 of their vehicles since beginning of the decisive battle.
The full recapture of Mosul would mark the Takfiri militants’ effective defeat in the Iraqi half of the territory they seized in 2014.