Iraqi government troops surround Mosul, await orders

The Iraqi army on Tuesday began amassing troops outside Mosul with a view to securing parts of Nineveh province still under control of Kurdish Peshmerga forces, according to a local police source.

“Iraqi forces are now awaiting orders from the high command to advance on Zummar,” Army Brigadier-General Abdul Karim al-Alousi told Anadolu Agency