A US general says that between 800 and 900 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since the Iraqi-led operation to recapture Mosul from the jihadists began.
“Just in the operations over the last week and a half associated with Mosul, we estimate they’ve probably killed about 800-900 Islamic State fighters,” says General Joseph Votel, who heads the US military’s Central Command, in an interview with AFP.
Newly displaced Iraqi’s who fled from the city of Mosul, are reunited with their relatives who came two years ago to a refugee camp some 40 kilometres east of Arbil on October 26, 2016. ( AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)
Iraqi security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters are pushing toward Mosul along several axes and have made relatively quick progress as they approach Mosul, Iraq’s second city.
The offensive, which began 10 days ago, has so far been concentrated in towns and villages around Mosul, and resistance may get heavier as Iraqi forces break through IS defenses and enter the city itself.
— AFP
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