May 27, 2017, 2:24 PM

Iraqi forces 'launch multi-front attack against last remnants' of ISIL in Mosul

Iraqi forces 'launch multi-front attack against last remnants' of ISIL in Mosul

MOSCOW, May 27 (MNA) – The Iraqi Armed Forces are carrying out an operation to liberate last districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul remaining under control of ISIL, the Combined Joint Task Force of the Operation Inherent Resolve said Saturday.

The city of Mosul has been occupied by ISIL since June 2014. The operation to retake it began on October 17, 2016 and resulted in the liberation of Mosul’s eastern part this January, but fighting continues in the city's western areas. The operation to liberate it started on February 19, with Iraqi forces closing in on the Old City.

ISIL had declared a caliphate in the captured territories.

SPUTNIK/MNA

News ID 125614

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