IS militant group leader Abu Bakr Al-baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised to enter the city of Mosul where he declared a “caliphate” two years ago.
while Iraqi special forces are clearing a strategic eastern district of Mosul of any remaining presence of the Daesh terrorist organization, while forces further to the south of the city have captured four small villages.
Meanwhile, 100 members of the IS group were killed in air operations. Iraqi forces battling Daesh in Gogjali district said “true liberation” had begun and that major progress had been made in the offensive to free Mosul from Daesh control.
