Iraqi Minister of Defense affirmed, that more security forces will join the liberation operation of Nineveh and Popular Mobilization Forces (al-Hashd al-Ashabi) and Peshmerga will support the security forces.
Meanwhile “The security forces in al-Fath operation are continuing to liberate the city of Mosul from the control of ISIS.
Obeidi said during a press conference in Makhmur District “The morale of the fighters in Nineveh liberation operation is high,” pointing out that, “A field hospital was established in the battlefield.”
Iraqi Army Marching on ISIL Positions near Mosul
The Iraqi army continued to smash the ISIL Takfiri terrorists near Mosul in Nineveh province and pushed the militants back from more strongholds.
ISIS military commander of Qayyarah was killed
Also on Wednesday a source in Nineveh Operations Command announced, that the so-called ISIS military commander of Qayyarah was killed, along with five of his associates in an artillery shelling south of Mosul.
According to “IraqiNews”, artillery unit of the army’s 15th brigade shelled ISIS gatherings in al-Zawiya village in Qayyarah vicinity south of Mosul, killing the so-called ISIS military commander Abu Zaineb, along with five of his companions.”
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