Iraqi forces have been fighting different in the final meters of Mosul
Iraqi forces have been fighting different in the final meters of Mosul
Twilight News / from a small hole in the wall on the front line in Mosul claimed Iraqi soldiers dressed in black uniforms looking to take a look at another area of land controlled by the organization of the Islamic state in the heart of the historic city.
And just steps away stands in no man 's land separating the warring humpback base of the minaret , which has been overlooking the city over 850 years until the militants Ptgheimha and blown up last week.
Access to this depth in the old connector requires that the anti - terrorism soldiers descend from armored Humvees and walk ten minutes in the maze of narrow alleys that do not fit in some areas for the passage of only one man.
The soldiers crosses through the holes in the walls and entering houses and deserted courtyards where spreads rubble.
The buildings in this area very density so that cars can not pass it as the air strikes would cause likely damage and casualties and extensive unintended.
Became the battle of the restoration of the actual capital of the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq is limited to a group of Iraqi soldiers armed with assault rifles maneuvering on foot through the heart of the city dirt Bozkth.
And caused violent clashes and fighting between Coherent special forces and fighters of the organization who have gained considerable combat experience in serious damage to the old city until it became difficult to distinguish between the houses and courtyards.
* Neglect of a long
nine days ago , Iraqi forces stormed the old city , which represents the last goal of the military campaign began eight months ago to retrieve the connector. On Monday , troops seized control of the district of al - Faruq opposite the minaret of the mosque and humpback Nouri and on Tuesday , the army said it has regained neighborhood seen.
Like the historical neighborhoods in major Arab capitals such as Cairo and Damascus are located in the ancient city of Mosul , a popular market and a few mosques and churches and spread of small houses that have been rebuilt on each other over the centuries.
Most of the stone buildings, dating back to the Middle Ages , however , some of them older than that. Development initiatives have caused long and negligence in causing serious damage before taking control of the organization of the city is that the minaret of humpback, which rises 45 meters in the sky of Mosul, remained as a symbol of a special city during these transformations.
Iraqi Prime Minister has said that the destruction of the minaret amounts to a recognition of defeat by the Islamic state.
On the platform of this mosque was the only time that Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi , leader of the organization publicly appeared three years ago to announce the establishment of the state of succession , which is falling apart its corners now.
The US and Iraqi military sources said al - Baghdadi , leaving the fighting in Mosul , the local leaders are believed to be hiding in the border region between Iraq and Syria.
The Iraqi army is estimated that as many as 350 militants were still trapped in the remaining areas of the old city among civilians holed up in ramshackle houses and using booby traps, suicide bombings and sniper fire on a large scale to slow the progression of the advancing from the west, north and south forces.
He says they were able to escape from the more than 50 thousand civilians trapped behind the Islamic state lines and they do not remember the amounts of food, water and medicine. The impact of any of them did not appear on Tuesday in areas under the control of government forces in the old city.
And still a few neighborhoods outside the control of Iraqi forces. Although the authorities expect to end the attack in the coming days , what progress troops still painstaking process.
In the courtyard of the house of a dilapidated soldier it called a small plane without a pilot. While the rise in the sky Bozizha officers gathered on the sofa to inspect the defenses hostile through the video of the plane broadcast greet him.
He said soldiers who are jumping through the alleys filled by stones and furniture that snipers and suicide bombers are still the main source of resistance by the Islamic state. The soldiers trading among themselves ways to adapt to the fighting outside of their Humvees. According to Reuters ,
said a soldier that confrontation is not directly adding "sometimes suddenly coming out of the corner
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