Iraqi Army Starts Operation to Win Back Strategic Village Near Mosul

The Iraqi army started a fresh round of operations to in the Southern parts of the city of Mosul in Nineveh province to seize back a strategic village there.

“This operation kicked off on Wednesday morning with the aim of winning back the al-Nasr village and heavy clashes are underway now,” the Arabic-language media outlets quoted an Iraqi army commander as saying on Wednesday.

The commander said that al-Nasr village is of paramount strategic importance because taking full control of the village can prevent the ISIL’s attacks on the villages in Southern Mosul.

In a relevant development on Saturday, at least half a dozen ISIL terrorists, including senior commanders, were killed in Iraqi airstrikes and artillery attacks near Mosul.

Six ISIL terrorists, including the terrorist group’s so-called police commander Abdel Hadi Qardi and military training commander Issa Nasr, were killed in Iraq’s air raids and artillery attacks in al-Saray Ta Afar near Mosul city.

The Iraqi government troops also managed to kill three suicide bombers who intended to blow themselves up in a military checkpoint in Qateh Makhmour region, Southern Mosul, in Nineveh province.