29 Mar 2024
Wednesday 26 October 2016 - 18:20
Story Code : 236607

Iraqi forces evacuate 1,000 civilians from Mosul front lines

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Special Forces moved more than 1,000 people from villages near the front lines of the battle to retake the ISIL-held city of Mosul.

The Iraqi Army Special Forces Major General Haider Fadhil said the residents of Tob Zawa and other nearby villages have been taken to a camp in the nearby Khazer region for their safety, Alaraby reported.

The Special Forces began undertaking clean up operations on Wednesday in areas retaken from the militants to the East of the city.

He says troops had uncovered a vast tunnel network used by ISIL to shuttle fighters and supplies by motorcycle.

The advance onMosul, Iraq's second city, has been rapid so far. Villages emptied of their populations since the arrival of the militants in mid-2014 were quickly retaken.

Just a few inhabited villages lie ahead of them now, and they are evacuating the people who live there.

By Fars News Agency
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