Shiite crowd moves to cut the road between Mosul and Syria




2016-12-13


Shiite factions deployed fighters to the West of the stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq to purge the borderline of jihadists.


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Shiite faction spokesman in Mosul campaign Tuesday that Shiite forces battling the Islamic State to the West of Mosul trying to purge a large bar of land on the border with Syria to prevent guerrillas from entering the area and use the remote desert base to launch counter attacks of t.

And published the popular crowd forces and Shiite fighters, mostly from West of Mosul to banditry to land in Syria. Forces involved popular crowd backed Iran in the eight-week-long campaign of Mosul.And Shiite fighters took control of the air base to the South of the town of Tal Afar, some 60 km west of Mosul, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters worked to close the western flank of the city.

Jaafar Al-Husseini, spokesman for the Hezbollah brigades, one armed Shiite Muslim groups that the battalions will advance at the West border area clearance which said that militants are hiding a lot of weapons for future use.Husseini said by phone from the desert area near Tall Afar, the main goal is to make sure that the "terrorists" have lost their ability to regroup and counter attacks on the advancing forces.A spokesman for the Badr organization, a Shiite group that targeted community of villages surrounding betlavr to curb regulation and clamp it.

While advancing army in the East of Mosul where Iraqi soldiers waded into street fighting in a war zone in an urban area, Husseini said that progress in the Western region should slow the popular crowd forces purged dozens of villages scattered in the vast area.He added that the troops still is 60 kilometres from the border with Syria, saying it aimed at full control over desert areas on the border.And defeat the Organization in Mosul, the largest city under his control in Iraq and Syria have strong blow to State succession made in two parts and had to return to undercover operations.

Clearing remote border region have long been a stronghold of Sunni militants would make it more difficult to continue their operations in northern IraqShortages of food and fuel.Since the popular crowd troops closed Mosul residents of Syria hand in areas subject to regulation that fresh food has become rare and that prices increased.Fuel prices also rose, prompting relief agencies to warn of increasing difficulties in the winter in front of a million inhabitants.Said one of the residents in the Western region of the city which is still under the control of the entire organisation, "the city has never seen these prices before."

"Heating oil barrel reached million dinars ($ 850) was worth 150 000" adding that food prices rose by four or five times, despite the efforts of the Organization to punish dealers who accuse them of profiteering by raising prices.The dealer said that it did not reach the extent of any fruits or fresh vegetables last week except for tomatoes and onions. "If the siege continues at this rate, many will die from lack of food."In the East of the city where anti-terrorist device slowly in a fierce fer some civilians from the front lines and sought refuge in areas under military control.

Muthanna area residents said had escaped with his family and stayed with a relative in a neighborhood near Al-Zahra "thrilled, even though we left behind everything we have. The House and the car and our property. "

"We escaped from death and hell", asserting that many at Muthanna were killed."A car bomb exploded in front of a House collapsed on its inhabitants. Was in a family of seven, including three children. We have been digging two days to recover the bodies. "

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