Iraqi forces gaining more territory in Mosul

Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) have made further advances against the ISISTakfiri terrorist group in the strategic northern city of Mosul, pushing extremists out of three more eastern districts.

Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) have made further advances against the ISIS Takfiri terrorist group in the strategic northern city of Mosul, pushing extremists out of three more eastern districts.

Earlier today the forces seized Nabi Yunus, Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network reported.

The commander of Nineveh Liberation Operation, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah, said the forces recaptured al-Jammasah neighborhood on Monday noon. 

Earlier in the day, Iraqi Special Forces established control over al-Kandi and al-Qayrawan neighborhoods and raised the national flag over a cluster of buildings there.