Iraqi general: Most ISIS commanders in Mosul are dead
January 19, 2017
Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) gather during an operation to clear the al-Zirai district of Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Iraqi Lieutenant-General Abdul Ghani al-Assadi says most ISIS commanders in Mosul have been killed.
(MOSUL, IRAQ) Most Islamic State (IS) commanders in Mosul have been killed in battles with Iraqi government forces that raged over the past three months in the eastern side of the city, an Iraqi general said on Thursday.
The fight to take the western side of Mosul, which remains under the jihadists' control, should not be more difficult than the one on the eastern side, Lieutenant-General Abdul Ghani al-Assadi told Reuters before embarking on a tour of areas newly retaken.
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