Battle in Mosul
Units of the Iraqi army launched a new attack on the center of Mosul, held by the militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). About it reports Reuters.
As stated by the press-Secretary of the joint command of the operation, Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul, the offensive was taken on the southern and South-Western areas, troops are fighting for the historic center of the city.
On 1 March it was reported that units of the Iraqi army took control of the last major road on which the Islamists would withdraw troops and equipment from Mosul.
In the t same day the leader of the IG Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addressed his supporters with a speech in which he admitted defeat in the recent fighting.
On 18 January it became known about the release of the Eastern part of Mosul, the second largest city of Iraq, the unofficial capital of Iraqi territories controlled by the terrorist group ISIS.