THE so-called Islamic State (IS) has lost most of the territory it has held in Iraq since 2014, an Iraqi military spokesman said Tuesday. The terror group is desperately holding on to the remaining stronghold it occupies by putting up a fierce fight against the liberators.
Thursday battles are part of slow push toward the western edge of Mosul's densely populated old city center, where roughly 400,000 residents are believed to still be trapped under IS rule. ISIS terrorists controlled more than 40 percent of Iraq at that time. That area has been whittled down to about 6.8 percent of Iraqi territory after extensive military operations, which are still going on in the city of Mosul, he said.
Last month, a suspected coalition airstrike killed hundreds and injured hundreds in Mosul's western side.
ISIS is apparently overwhelmed by the Iraqi security forces consisting of army members as well as tens of thousands of Shiite and Sunni volunteers from militia groups. Almost all of them are victims of the ongoing battle to dislodge Islamic State militants from Mosul, around 60 km further north.
However, the western part of Mosul, with its narrow streets and heavily populated neighborhoods, appears to be a bigger challenge to the Iraqi forces.
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"This enemy in Mosul is not going anywhere", he said, later adding, "They're not going to be able to leave to the west; they are cut off. ..."
Dorrian said this in a statement by the U.S. Department of Defense.
"Every strike that we conduct, we conduct using precision-guided munitions".
Seven alleys in the neighborhood were recaptured, al-Alusi said, adding that his forces killed 15 armed militants and arrested another three; they also destroyed a booby-trapped vehicle through which a suicide bomber tried to target Iraqi troops.
"In reality, it's very, very slow and very, very hard, and it's gut-busting, difficult fighting between our forces and theirs". One of the reasons for that is because we want to do it in a manner that protects civilian life. Never. We reject anyone who says that we do.
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