Army , 60 km from Mosul after the liberation of the strategic Qayyarah base



07/11/2016 (0:01 pm) - The number of readings: 148


Baghdad / term

He said Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi restore air base in Qayyarah and provides security forces 100 km towards the organization of regions in Mosul "Whatever retaliation" from Daash.

These developments come at a time when the country is still experiencing mourning and sorrow following the bloody bombing witnessed in the Karrada district, which killed hundreds of innocent civilians.

The Joint Special Operations Command had announced on Saturday, the restoration of an air base south of Mosul. The Qayyarah base, which lies 58 km south of the city of Mosul, the largest strategic military bases. It features an airport runways to fly, and secure means to secure supply line and transfer to Iraqi forces, which is preparing to restore the city of Mosul, the main stronghold of the jihadists in Iraq.

Quotes (AFP) for the Joint Special Operations Command, as saying that the operation carried out by "Armored Division ninth counterterrorism forces fifteenth band with the support of the international airline alliance."

"The gangs Daash terrorist holding elements fleeing south of Mosul and prevent them from entering the city after fleeing with their families through the liberalization of al-Qaeda operation," the To this officer in Nineveh operations, he said "the engineering effort currently performs immunizations needed and remove the containers and mines and obstacles left by the organization within Qayyarah base. "

"The forces are also working to repair the buildings, streets and other areas liberated, as are the rehabilitation and repair of water Qayyarah project that feeds the hand and Qayyarah drunk."

In the same vein, a senior officer of the army on the front line, said the special forces and regular troops entered Qayyarah Air Base from the south under air cover from the coalition, and discovered that its fighters fled what they seem. The officer said, "This strategic progress. Will help to accelerate the pace of the attack on Mosul."

The military had said some time ago that he wants to use the base as a springboard to regain Mosul, which lies some 60 kilometers to the north.

There was no immediate comment from the organization Daash. On the other hand, says the head of the security committee Ibrahim al-Bayati, said in an interview to the (long-Presse), he said that "al-Qaida edit was without a fight, after he fled Daash including gangs," noting that "the joint forces are currently dismantling improvised explosive devices left behind by the organization (Daash) at the base. "

Furthermore, he congratulated Abadi, during a meeting with anti-terror apparatus of the Iraqi people on the occasion of the restoration of Qayyarah Air Base, calling for "the people of Nineveh to prepare for the liberalization of their cities."

And the transfer of an official statement from the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi occasion edit the air base in Qayyarah, saying: "Just as we spent on Aldoaash in Fallujah and fled like rats in the desert, we will eliminate them in Mosul." He added that "our troops pursuing Aldoaash without imperceptibly and in recent days there has been planning and fighting, edit and progress of 100 kilometers and this is important avenge the terrorist gangs that Senshakha and purify all our territory very soon, God willing."

And granting the army to restore the city of Fallujah, which lies an hour's drive to the west of Baghdad last month, a new impetus to a campaign targeting the major cities of northern Iraq, which was inhabited before the war, about two million people, the restoration of Mosul. Since the battle of Fallujah, militants have stepped up bombings against targets Shiites campaign, stoking fears of renewed sectarian violence.

In a related context, a security source in Nineveh province, that more than 2,000 families have been displaced in terms of Qayyarah and its outskirts to the city of Mosul.

The source said in an interview with (long-Presse), said that "more than 2,000 families have been displaced, today, in terms of Qayyarah and limbs south of the city of Mosul toward Nineveh province, after the liberation of Qayyarah air base and provide the Iraqi army in the southern axis of the side."

The source, who asked not to be named, said: "Most of the fleeing families are hand-Qayyarah Center and could not organize Daash prevent them from leaving even though his number of checkpoints to prevent them from leaving."


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