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| Iraq |
| Four villages liberated in southeast Mosul |
| 2015-01-02 |
| The Ministry of Defense confirmed liberating four villages within Makhmour district of southeastern Mosul city from the terrorists of the ISIL. Statement by the MoD received by IraqiNews.com cited "A force from Iraqi Army/ 19th Division supported by Kurdish Peshmerga forces managed to liberate the villages of Til al-Shaeer, Jwaizat Tahtani, Jwaizat Fuqani and Sultan Abdullah within Makhmour district and raised the Iraqi flag over these villages." "Military operations are still going on this area," the statement added. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 There is more to this story. The Makhmur district is traditionally part of the Erbil province. It was the only part of Erbil that was not taken over by the Kurds. Al Maliki transferred it to Mosul Province to keep it away from the Kurds. Then Mosul fell to ISIS and the Kurds took over Kirkuk. What we have here is a 3 way tug of war. |
| Posted by: frozen al 2015-01-02 13:09 |