CTS commanders: Plan to storm Mosul's Old City is complete
CTS commanders: Plan to storm Mosul's Old City is complete
The plan to storm districts of Mosul's Old City is complete, Commanders and officers in Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) confirmed on Sunday, noting that the forces are waiting for orders to enter these districts and liberate besieged residents.
In a televised interview, Lieutenant-General Abdul Ghani al-Assadi, commander of CTS forces, said that Old City's districts in Mosul's right bank have been divided into four sections to ease the process of recapturing them from ISIS terrorists.
CTS forces are stationed near the Fifth Bridge in Mosul's right bank, local sources told The Baghdad Post, adding that they are now on the outskirts of the district.
Earlier this morning, it was reported that CTS forces and Federal Police's third Brigade have begun to storm the Old City.
Security forces, backed by International Coalition air raids and logistic support of the US army, have retaken eastern Mosul and most of its western part after eight months of battles. These forces are focusing now on controlling the Old City's districts.
It is estimated that there are a few of ISIS terrorists left in the second largest city of Iraq. It is expected that they will desperately defend the last pocket of the city that has been once their main stronghold in Iraq.
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