Le forze irachene hanno liberato 14 villaggi dello Stato Islamico in un quartiere di Mosul durante il primo giorno dell’operazione militare per riprendere la parte occidentale della città. Lo ha riferito il tenente generale Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, il comandante dell’operazione. Ieri il primo ministro iracheno Haider Abadi ha annunciato l’inizio delle operazioni per liberare la parte occidentale di Mosul dai militanti dello Stato islamico. Le forze irachene sono anche riuscite a prendere il controllo della centrale elettrica principale, che alimenta tutta la riva occidentale di Mosul.

The Iraqi forces liberated 14 villages from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, outlawed in Russia, in a Mosul neighborhood during the first day of the military operation to retake the western part of the city, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, the commander of the operation, said. On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of the operations to liberate the western part of Mosul from the Islamic State militants. According to the statement of the operation command, the Iraqi forces have also managed to take control of the main power station, which supplies the Mosul’s entire western bank with electricity. The Iraqi army, the federal police, the elite Quick Response Units and the mainly Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi forces are taking part at the joint operation to liberate western Mosul, according to media reports Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, was captured by IS militants in June 2014. Iraqi and US-led coalition forces liberated the eastern part of the city in late January 2017, while its western part remains under terrorists’ control.