Slow progress of the Iraqi pieces Mosul ... and the "crowd" intensify bombing in Tal Afar

Slow progress of the Iraqi pieces Mosul ... and the "crowd" intensify bombing in Tal Afar

Baghdad Aktham Saifuddin

November 2016 26



Control over 50 percent of Nineveh (Thomas Coex / AFP)

Made of the Iraqi units fighting in the axes of Mosul on Saturday, made slow progress against the "Islamic State" (Daesh), and continued to clear areas controlled by the former operations, while militias intensified their "popular crowd" bombed the areas of Tal Afar.

An officer in the Nineveh operations command, for "new Arab", "The pieces of anti-terrorism, and continued to cleanse areas of Aden and neighborhoods flowers and apartments of improvised explosive devices and elements Daesh operations," noting that "the pieces did not make today's progress in new areas, after encountering violent clashes and suicide attacks by elements Daesh. "

In the south-eastern axis "fighting raged on the border of the village Gelyuhan between bites Armored Division IX of the army, and organizing Daesh," The source added that "the pieces achieved a foothold in the village, but was unable to progress and incursions, due to the confrontations that received by the organization of violence." .

For its part, the federal police command announced, "full control Qtatha on the road link between the city of Mosul, Tal Afar," asserting "edit village of Um traps within the south-west axis."

Furthermore, intensified militias "popular crowd" continuous strikes and shelling on the town of Tal Afar, "he said the same source," The militia carried out constant shelling and very intense on the town of Tal Afar, artillery, mortars and rockets. "

He stressed that "the bombing carried out indiscriminately on the city, and it certainly does not differentiate between Daesh and among civilians, who still exist inside the town."

Announced militia in a press statement, he "took control of the villages Alaghebre and Alpinona Tel Samir great Maftsh North Mfalakh intermediates", stressing progress towards the urgent peace villages was installed points monitoring in those villages and direct cleared of explosive. "

The Joint Special Operations Command announced, "control over 50 per cent of the total of Nineveh province, since the start of editing operations."

A spokesman for the command, Brigadier General Yahya Messenger, in a press statement, said that "most of the left coast regions (the eastern bank of the Tigris River) is now under the control of anti-terrorism forces, and the forces of the first and ninth divisions of the Iraqi army."

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