Iraqi forces advance into Islamic State stronghold in Mosul

TIL Desk/World/Mosul-Iraqi security forces on Tuesday advanced further inside the eastern side of the Islamic State (IS) stronghold in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, as fierce clashes continued against the terrorists, the Iraqi military said.

In the eastern front, the elite forces of Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) completely freed the neighbourhood of Sukkar and made significant progress in the adjacent neighbourhood of Siddeeq, amid fierce clashes with IS terrorists,.

The battles in the two neighbourhoods left some 20 terrorists killed and a booby-trapped car destroyed, the statement said. Meanwhile, the CTS commandos freed al-Dhubbat neighbourhood and took part of the adjacent neighbourhood of al-Maliyah, leaving dozens of IS terrorists killed and two of their car bombs destroyed, the source said. Several governmental offices were recaptured during Tuesday’s advance, including communication complex, provincial electricity department and a security headquarters, the source added.