Iraq’s counterterrorism apparatus chief announced Thursday the start of the second phase of the anti-ISIL operations in Mosul city.

The campaign will be concentrated on the eastern neighborhoods of the northern city, knowing that the Iraqi army and security forces, backed by the mobilization forces and allies, achieved a great battlefield progress, especially in Tal Afar, and inflicted heavy losses upon ISIL terrorists during the first phase of the operations.

Source: Al-Manar Website