Army, volunteers battalions and brigades enter Amerli

A security source said the Iraqi security forces, backed by popular mobilization managed to break the siege of Amerli from the eastern side, and they are continuing to liberate all regions and surrounding villages. 

He added that the land route from Baghdad to Kirkuk would be safe in the near future and we hope to complete the joy after defeating the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant from all regions and provinces of Iraq. 

He said the “people of Amerli that numbered 17 thousand women and children, elderly and men, fought valiantly for more than 70 days after being besieged by terrorists, despite the lack of food, medicine and a few weapons available with simple possibilities.” 

He noted that supply was up to the people through the air from an aircraft just were not enough to meet the need of families to end their suffering.