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Daesh still retains parts of E. Mosul: Army commander

Despite earlier claims of E. Mosul’s ‘total liberation’ from Daesh, some districts have yet to be taken, army commander says

Mohamed Sabry Emam Muhammed  | 06.02.2017 - Update : 06.02.2017
Daesh still retains parts of E. Mosul: Army commander File Photo

Iraq

By Serhad Shaker and Mohamed Walid

NINEVEH, Iraq

The Daesh terrorist group still holds several parts of eastern Mosul, an Iraqi military commander said Monday.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Army Brigadier-General Mozafar al-Ramdani said Iraqi forces had yet to "liberate" a handful of neighborhoods in the city’s eastern half.

"This represents a source of concern for those in liberated parts of the city," he said.

Mosul is currently the target of a wide-ranging Iraqi army offensive aimed at recapturing the city -- once considered the country’s second largest in terms of population -- from the terrorist group.

Late last month, the Iraqi army announced the "total liberation" of eastern Mosul after three months of fighting.

According to al-Ramdani, an anti-terrorism officer, top Iraqi security officials will soon meet to discuss the deteriorating security condition in a number of captured areas.

Army Brigadier-General Mothana al-Helali, for his part, said Daesh militants were now using parts of eastern Mosul still under their control to carry out car-bomb attacks on army-held parts of the city.

He added that two soldiers had been killed on Sunday in an attack carried out from Daesh-held parts of eastern Mosul.

Daesh overran the northern city of Mosul -- along with vast swathes of northern and western Iraq -- in 2014.

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