US military 'begins shelling' ISIL in Mosul

US military 'begins shelling' ISIL in Mosul

Saturday,October 15 2016,

ISIL in Mosul

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The US military deployed to the east of Iraq's Mosul has started shelling Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets as part of an operation to retake the city, a Peshmerga commander said on Oct. 15, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Commander Omer Huseyin peshmerga the agency Told That American Howitzers, Deployed some 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) away from the Mosul city center, were hitting ISIL targets.

Huseyin said the US-led coalition warplanes also hit areas where ISIL militants were positioned.

"The Daesh [ISIL] terrorists started burning tires to block the view of the warplanes after international coalition forces struck the area," he added.

"Daesh terrorists also started burning the petroleum filled in their ditches, which they have dug around the city."

Meanwhile, earlier reports had suggested that the grand operation to retake Mosul from ISIL begun late on Oct. 15.

Both Pentagon and the US Central Command stated such operation had not begun yet, as reported by the Anadolu Agency.

In addition, Turkish Prime Ministry sources also said there was no Turkish military presence in the operation yet, private broadcaster CNN Türk reported.

To sources According, Ankara Also Warned Washington of Shia forces to not to the enter the region, saying That it would trigger a war - sectarian Which would last for hundred years.

US and The French jets were Bombing Also ISIL targets in the east of the Mosul, According to : private broadcaster NTV.

The attacks late on Oct. 15 were steps to increase military build-up and narrow the circle down ahead of a ground offensive, the channel said quoting security sources.

In mid-2014, ISIL captured the northern city of Mosul and overran vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq. It remains in control of several parts of the country, including Mosul.

The Iraqi army and its allies are now gradually advancing on Mosul, which officials in Baghdad have vowed to "liberate" by year's end.

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What does ELMERF123456 say now. He said that this was done months ago, yet they are just starting...