Large Mosul Neighborhood in Mosul Retaken by Iraqi Forces from “Daesh”

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One the largest neighborhoods of west Mosul Tuesday retaken fully from Iraqi forces  from “Daesh” group , backed by Saudi , after a week of intense fighting, said a top commander.

Reporting to AFP in Mosul ,Staff Lieutenant General Abdulwahab al-Saadi said that “This morning, the heroes of the Counter-Terrorism Service on the western axis succeeded in fully clearing Tenek neighborhood,”

In mid –October 2016 ,the  elite forces have been spearheading a massive offensive to retake Mosul, the country’s second city and the last major Iraqi bastion of the terrorists’ now crumbling “caliphate”.

A push on the west bank of Mosul launched the following month has made steady progress despite fierce resistance ,and The eastern side of the city, which is divided by the Tigris river, was recaptured in January,

Tenek, on the western edge of the city, “is one of the largest neighborhoods on the western side of Mosul,” Saadi, one of the top CTS commanders in Iraq said.

“It used to be one of the main strongholds for terrorist groups,” he added.

The  fighting in Tenek was fierce and lasted a full week , confirmed Saadi .

“More than 20 car bombs were destroyed, dozens of terrorist militants were killed. Their bodies are still on the streets and inside houses,” he stated.

Only a few hundred “Daesh” fighters are believed to remain in west Mosul, most of them hunkering down in the Old City amid  several hundred thousand local residents .

Iraqi forces have retaken neighborhoods to the south, west and north of the Old City, tightening the noose around “Daesh”, backed by Saudi, before a high-risk final assault.