By Al Masdar NewsPaul Antonopoulos
Iraqi forces stormed on Thursday the town of Tel Kaif in northern Mosul as only a few regions remain to be liberated from ISIS on the the eastern side of the Tigris river.
An Iraqi military statement has said that it’s forces have entered the town from several axes.
On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the basic
military plan for Mosul’s liberation had been completed “in most combat
axes” with the recapture of central Mosul, adding that operations
continue to liberate the Ghabat and Presidential Palaces area besides “a
few other regions” in the north of the city, IraqiNews reported.
Commanders from the Iraqi army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Forces said
in a press conference on the same day they had retaken all districts
assigned to them in eastern Mosul, killing 3300 militants since
operations launched in October 2016, the same report continued.
