A senior source in Nineveh operations: We are trying to accomplish the liberation of the old Mosul before Thursday

A senior source in the Nineveh Operations Command said on Tuesday that the troops would seek to resolve the battle for the liberation of the old city of Mosul before Thursday.

"The security forces are committed to the timing of the announcement of the liberation of the old Mosul completely and is seeking to liberate it before next Thursday," the source told Al-Ghad Press.

He said that "the forces have increased their military level and are moving faster for the purpose of liberating the old city as soon as possible."

Joint forces of the Iraqi army, the anti-terror apparatus, the popular crowd and the federal police, backed by Iraqi warplanes, are engaged in fierce battles with gangs that have been waging terrorist attacks in the narrow alley of Mosul, the last bastion of terrorists in the city.

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