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Western Mosul Reconquest
 Iraqi commander killed in western Mosul Mosul (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi commander has been killed in western Mosul, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command declared on Thursday. “The Joint Operations Command mourns Colonel Mohamed Moheil Suleiman al-Jabouri, commander of the third group of the 16th division, who was killed while fulfilling the national duty in western Mosul,” the War Media Cell said in a statement. Five officers, 12 suicide bombers killed in western Mosul in 24 hours Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Five Iraqi soldiers and 12 Islamic State suicide bombers died in 24 hours of fighting in western Mosul as operations near a total recapture of the city, according to police officers. BasNews quoted Brig. Gen. Mohamed al-Jubouri, from the Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response forces, saying that the troops repelled a fierce attack by IS militants who used 20 booby-trapped vehicles. Twelve militants were killed in the attack which targeted troops at Tamuz, Mesherfa, Najjar and al-Rifaie neighborhoods. Mohamed Jassem, a police officer from Mosul, also told BasNews that five police officers were killed and eight others were wounded Thursday when drones guided by Is militants bombed their deployment in al-Marir village, south of the city. Iraqi forces retake Rawshan area in western Mosul: command Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi command said Friday that government forces recaptured an area in western Mosul as they advanced near the last Islamic State strongholds in the region. The Joint Operations Command said the army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service recaptured the Rawshan area in northwestern Mosul, raising Iraqi flags at the area. Two police personnel wounded as mortar missiles fell on eastern Mosul region Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Two police personnel were injured as mortar missiles fell on al-Ghabat region, east of Tigris River, according to a security source. “Five mortar missiles fell on al-Ghabat region, leaving two Nineveh police personnel wounded,” the source told Alghad Press. Despite being controlled by Iraqi troops, Ghabat region still faces threats as it faces the Islamic State-held regions located west of Tigris, which runs through the city of Mosul. Civilians displaced from western Mosul exceeds 526,000: Ministry Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Number of the displaced residents from western Mosul have exceeded 526,000 persons since offensives started in February, according to the Ministry of Migration and Displacement. “Number of civilians displaced from western Mosul are estimated at 526,233 residents since the beginning of operations to liberate the western side of Mosul,” Minister Jassem al-Jaff said in a statement on Friday. The displaced were distributed among the camps in south, west and east of Mosul. “The number of displaced residents who returned back to their regions in eastern Mosul surpassed 90 percent out of the total number of eastern Mosul displaced residents, estimated at 176,000 persons,” the minister added.
“Centers were established to record number of returnees to the freed regions,” the statement mentioned. On Thursday, the United Nations said up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in the city. “As military operations intensify and move closer to Mosul’s Old City area, we expect that up to 200,000 more people will flee,” Lise Grande, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq said in a statement. The number of Iraqi refugees displaced in Mosul has reached 670.000 since battles broke out in October, the government said on Wednesday. Iraqi troops recapture half of biggest western Mosul district Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have gained control on part of the biggest west Mosul district and killed a number of Islamic State militants in an airstrike. In statements on Friday, the War Media Cell quoted the Nineveh Operations Commander, Lt.Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah, as saying that the 9th armored division retaken the northern part of 17 Tamuz (July 17) in the western side of Mosul. In other statements, WMC said dozens of IS fighters were killed in airstrikes in western Mosul. Iraqi fighter jets launched several airstrikes that destroyed booby-trapping workshop and vehicles and killed dozens of militants on Rifaie district. “An IS headquarter and booby-trapping workshop were destroyed, while dozens of militants were killed on al-Zanjili district,” the statement added. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-20 |
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