Iraqi Troops Advancing in Neighborhood near Mosul’s Old City

Rasa - Iraqi government forces advanced further Monday in a neighborhood near the Old City in Western Mosul as operations continue towards the ISIL’s last bastion in the city.

News ID: 430297

Date: 12 June 2017 - 22:53

RNA - Maj. Ali al-Yasseri, from the Federal Police service, told Shafaaq News that the Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response forces advanced at al-Boursa (stock market) neighborhood South of Zanjili, a major ISIL entrenchment North of the Old City which Iraqi forces said they recaptured on Saturday.

Though the Joint Operations Command said Sunday it totally liberated Zanjili’s Southern section, it seems some confrontations continue there at al-Boursa, where, Yasseri said, forces also managed to evacuate 67 civilian families from the front line.

Police chief Lt. Gen. Raed Shaker Jawdat had announced that the Iraqi federal police liberated one of the last remaining neighborhoods of Mosul, Zanjili, from ISIL terrorist group.

The police chief added that policemen found a terrorist workshop for manufacturing of rockets and a significant amount of explosives, Sputnik reported.

"The federal police forces have completed the liberation of the Zanjili district entirely, a large-scale demining process is underway," Jawdat said in a statement.

Iraqi government forces recaptured Eastern Mosul in January after three months of fighting, and launched another offensive in mid February to retake the Western side of the city.

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