19 Mar 2024
Saturday 27 May 2017 - 14:01
Story Code : 262641

Iraq begins operation to liberate last Deash-held Mosul region

Press TV- Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to retake the last enclave controlled by Daesh in the northern city of Mosul as the Takfiri terrorist group is getting finalblows in the Arab country.

The Iraqi military announced the beginning of the operation in a statement released on Saturday one day after the air force dropped leaflets urging residents in Mosuls Old City center to flee through safe corridors.

The targeted Mosul enclave covers mainly the Old City center and three adjacent districts alongside the western bank of the Tigris River.

On Friday, Stephen OBrien, United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs,estimated that as many as 200,000 Iraqis may flee Mosul in the coming days.

Reports say almost 760,000 people have already escaped the embattled Iraqi city over the past months.

Civilians trapped in Mosul suffer from adirelack of food, water and fuel while have limited access to hospitals.


[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] The photo shows a general view of the Hamam al-Alil camp for internally displaced people south of Mosul, Iraq, May 26, 2017. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]
Mosul fell to Daesh in 2014, when the terror outfit began its campaign of death and destruction in Iraq.

Since October 2016, the Iraqi army soldiers and allied volunteer fighters have been leading a major operation to recapture Mosul.

Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in January and launchedthe battle in the west in February.

The operation has taken longer than planned as Takfiri elements are dug in among civilians and are fighting back with car bombs, booby traps, mortar fire and snipers.

The full liberation of Mosul would likely spell the end for the Iraqi half of Daesh's so-called caliphate.
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