Iran's Top Commander Congratulates Iraq on Mosul Liberation

Rasa - Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri congratulated Iraqi Defense Minister Irfan al-Hayali on the occasion of the liberation of the strategic city of Mosul.

News ID: 430906

Date: 10 July 2017 - 22:39

RNA - "The victory, no doubt, is the manifestation of Iraq’s national unity and resistance; it also gives us good news of defeat and complete collapse of terrorists in Iraq,” General Baqeri said.

He underlined that the historic and great victory was a promise of elimination of terrorists' sedition and establishment of sustainable security in Iraq; it is also an indication of the importance of PMF and its role in the future of the country.

Mosul fell in June 2014, when the ISIL in an attack took control of the city. Iraqi forces launched the operation to retake Mosul on October 16, 2016.

The Eastern part of Mosul was recaptured from the ISIL in about three months and the most populated part of the city, known as the Old City of Mosul, in the Western bank of Tigris River was liberated in recent days.

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