Iraqi forces purge Aiqtisadiiyn, 17 Tamuz neighborhoods from terrorists
Federal police units have completed the push to completely liberate the neighborhoods of Aiqtisadiiyn, and 17th of Tamuz, a source said Saturday.
Units of the Federal Police completed the liberation of Aiqtisadiiyn and 17th of Tamuz neighborhoods, commander of the units Raid Shaker Jawdat said in a statement.
He added the forces completed purging the area from the terrorists and erected barricades and checkpoints to the direction of al-Najar and al-Shifaa neighborhoods in the right bank of Mosul.
Over 166 terrorists have been killed and 13 vehicles used by the terrorists to mount attacks destroyed, he further noted.
These efforts come as part of an offensive launched on 19th of February by US-backed Iraqi forces supported by Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias to oust ISIS terrorists from Mosul, their last major stronghold in Iraq.