28 Mar 2024
Saturday 4 March 2017 - 09:21
Story Code : 253346

Iraqi forces regain control of another western Mosul neighborhood



Press TV- Iraqi government forces have managed to liberate another neighborhood in Mosul from the clutches of theDaeshTakfiri terrorists as they tryto pushthe extremists outof their last urban stronghold in the country.

The commander of Nineveh Liberation Operation, lieutenant general Abdul AmirYarallah, said on Friday that soldiers from theCounter Terrorism Service (CTS) had recaptured Wadi al-Hajar area in the western flank of the city, located some 400kilometers north ofthe capital, Baghdad, Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network reported.

Yarallah added that government forces raised the Iraqi flag over several buildings in the areaafter inflictingheavylossesonDaesh ranksand their military equipment during the operation.

Wadi al-Hajar lies just northwest of Mosul International Airport.

Moreover, a local source, requesting not to be named, said a high-ranking Daesh militant commander and one of his bodyguards have been killed in an airstrike in the city of Tal Afar, situated 63 kilometers west of Mosul.

The source added that Daesh has established many defensive lines on the outskirts of Tal Afar to confront Iraqi security forces and pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units -commonly known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Shaabi.

Lieutenant Colonel Nazzem al-Juqaifi, the intelligence commander of Hashd al-Shaabi forces in Haditha, also told al-Sumaria television network that Daesh militants had fired a number of Katyusharockets at the western Iraqi city. No immediate reports of casualties were available.

Thousands of civilians flee Mosul clashes under cover of night

Meanwhile, thousands of civilians have fled Mosul overnight with major Saif Ali sayingthat huge crowds of civilians began pouring into Mosuls western neighborhood of Mamoun from neighboring districts just after midnight.

Ali said civilians in western Mosul are becoming increasingly desperate as food and water supplies begin to run out.



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] An Iraqi woman walks down a road carrying a baby as families flee Mosul on February 28, 2017, during an offensive by security forces to retake the western parts of the city from Takfiri Daesh militants. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]

In total 7,000 people fled through this area last night. We were up all night trying to control the crowds, he said.

Nearly all the internally displaced families had been moved out of Mamoun neighborhood by late morning, living behind clothing and blankets piled up in empty lots and on street corners.

On February 19, Iraqi government troops and Hashd al-Shaabi fighters mounted a new offensive to liberate western Mosul.

International aid organizations have warned of the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of civilians from western Mosul.

TheUnited NationsOffice for the Coordination ofHumanitarianAffairssays some 8,000 people have fled western Mosul since the Iraqi forces launched their operations to rid that part of the city from Daesh terrorists.

The UN humanitarian aid agency announcedon Tuesdaythat it was increasing its displacement campsto cope with the rising number of those escaping the battlefield.

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