First pictures of the old connector after the storm. The battle moves to House

First pictures of the old connector after the storm. The battle moves to House

Iraqi forces continue their operation to free the last bastion of militant organization “ISIS” terrorist in the old town area of Mosul amid intense fighting retreat compared to the first phase.

Meanhwile said Sami of the models, second Commander of the elite counter-terrorism forces, engaged in fighting North of the old city, the terrorists are moving from one House to another through holes in the walls to avoid aerial surveillance.

Of the models, said in an interview to Iraqi television, said Monday that the fighting now going on from another building within the alleys narrow background and description of the task is not easy.

For her part, Reuters reported, citing team photographed near the front line in the area, the intensity of the fighting receded compared on Sunday when Iraqi forces launch an attack on the ancient city.

Iraqi forces deployed the first pictures taken in old Mosul after their incursion into this area shows the old city buildings turned into ruins and deserted places.

The Iraqi forces launched on Sunday, the process of breaking into the old Mosul area, which represents the last bastion for “Daesh” in the city, and confirmed that it broke the first and second lines of the organization.

The Iraqi Federal Police, in a statement: “broken the first line of defense and the second Doaash, and penetrated our 150 meters deep in the old city on the one hand white door and destroyed the positions of snipers and heavy machine guns and three – wheeled bomb killed 15 terrorists.”

The Iraqi army launches, since 10/17/2016, the process of “coming, Nineveh” supported forces “Peshmerga” Kurdish units “popular crowd” and “tribal crowd” and the international aviation alliance, the aim of liberating Mosul from the control of the organization “Daesh” seeded terrorist at the international level.

After restoring the eastern side of the city of Mosul in January, Iraqi forces began, on 02/19/2017, break into the western side of the city, which is a stronghold for the organization of operations president, amid reports of heavy casualties among the local population.

The number of the population of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, reported, before the start of the battle of liberation, about two million people, but 800 thousand of them left, according to United Nations data, with the outbreak of hostilities between government forces and insurgents.

With the intensification of the fighting and cracking down on the organization in the city of Mosul , the extremists seek to mislead Iraqi forces and stop the incursion on the right side of the city by resorting to the detention of civilians and using them as human shields to reduce the progress of the Iraqi forces.

Source: Alsumaria News + Reuters + agencies

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