The Popular Mobilization Forces said in a press statement, “Today, villages of Medhali and Tel Om Mahyour in the western axis of operation named ‘We Are Coming, Nineveh’,” adding that, “Security forces advanced 10 kilometers in the same axis.”
“The city of Mahlabiyah was besieged and a 3-km long tunnel was also found,” the organization added. “The security forces also managed to detonate a booby-trapped vehicle that was parked on a road,” the organization explained.
Joint security forces, backed by Iraqi Army Aviation and international coalition, continue the battle to liberate the city of Mosul that was launched in the 17th of October 2016, Iraqi News reported.
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