Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Sunday the start of a military operation to drive ISIS from the western side of Mosul, which is currently still under the group's control.
"We announce the start of a new phase in the Operation codenamed 'We are Coming Nineveh' to liberate the western side of Mosul," al-Abadi said in a statement, according to independent Iraqi news portal Alsumaria News.
"The advancing forces are seeking to liberate people before land," he added.
Source: QNA
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