Iraqi forces are engaged in fierce clashes against Aldoaash in the left side of the depth of the city of Mosul, north of the country, and advancing towards the Tigris river in order to impose its supremacy in the process , which was launched seven weeks ago to restore the city.
And prompted clashes during the progress of the Iraqi forces to restore Mosul, Iraq 's second largest city and the last major stronghold of al Daesh it, thousands of inhabitants of the city to flee to crowded camps where they face difficult conditions with low temperatures to below zero.
A senior officer in the ninth Division troops and said control of the five - story Salam Hospital and where to put jihadists snipers on the upper floors.
The raid , which was carried out by troops Tuesday elder inside the eastern side of Mosul since the vast operation starting on October 17 ..
The chief of staff of the ninth division , Brigadier Shaker Kazem told AFP that troops advanced in the Salam neighborhood , about two kilometers from the Tigris , "but the situation is critical today because violent battles. "
" We controlled the Salam Hospital , who has been driving for Daesh center .. supposed to continue our progress toward the fourth bridge to the confluence of the fight against terrorism in the south east of the city forces. Our arrival into the Tigris River, and the duty of the band ends up ninth."
Encircle the hospital ,
she said a senior officer in the anti - terror forces fighting in the peace fierce and troops neighborhood asked for support.
"The band ninth position is difficult and asked for our support, and now will head a counter - terrorism forces regiments to provide such support." He pointed out that "Aldoaash ninth surrounding the band in the hospital ... and we are heading there to open the way for them."
According to the agency , " the depths" of the organization of the Islamic state, as quoted jihadist accounts on the social networking sites, that Aldoaash launched five suicide car bomb attacks during the past 24 hours. She talked about burdening the existing army troops inside the hospital huge losses.
Anti - terrorism forces and played a major role in recent weeks in control of several districts of the eastern side of Mosul.
The forces advanced from the Iraqi army in Mosul during last November, but progress has been slow, and the Iraqi forces are now in control of about half of the east side of the city.
Security chiefs and analysts predicted that the resistance is in the eastern side of the city less than the other side but it was fierce, but it seems difficult to realize the promise of Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi restoration of Mosul by the end of this year.
In turn, forces the popular crowd, restored large areas on the Western Front advanced toward the link located on the road between Mosul and the Syrian town of Tal Afar.
Water crisis
has been the Iraqi forces have made rapid progress in the North and South axis of the city, but the progress became sluggish in recent days.
The continued presence of hundreds of thousands of civilians from the people of Mosul in their homes for refusing to leave or to stop them before Aldoaash is the most prominent impeding the progress troops factors.
According to a UN report Wednesday that the number of displaced people has reached more than 82 thousand, but still below expectations announced by the organization before the start of the process of.
The UN report warned last of the increase in the number of civilian casualties with the Iraqi forces to continue fighting from house to house on the east side with its commitment to protect civilians.
The Office of the UN Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said "partners are rushing to bring the care of frontline centers to provide better chances of survival for wounded civilians." He noted further that the action takes place for the restoration of water and electricity networks in eastern Mosul, where he described the state of water scarcity as "critical."
And deprive hundreds of thousands of people in Mosul since the days of drinking water and they are now boiling water wells.
And not the conditions of the displaced best off in the existing camps on the outskirts of the city, because of the severe cold wave with the onset of winter.
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