Iraqi special forces are facing “fierce” resistance as they battle the ISIL Takfiri group in southwest Mosul, a commander said on Wednesday. Iraq launched a major push on February 19 to recapture the rest of Mosul from ISIL, retaking the airport and then pushing up from the south. Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism ...
Iraq Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi stressed that the Iraqi forces can strike the terrorists outside the country’s border, saying that a mortal combat will be dealt to the terrorist group of ISIL. “Terrorists outside Iraq are within our reach,” Abadi said, “There is a fast military advance in Mosul, and ...
