Hundreds of ISIS Fighters Remain in Mosul
With around 300 militants trapped in the city, Iraqi special forces have heightened their inspection of fleeing civilians.
by Aria Bendix
Jul 05, 2017
2 minutes
Around 300 ISIS fighters are being held in a 5,400-square-foot territory in Mosul—the militant group’s de facto capital in Iraq—Iraqi special forces announced Wednesday. The Iraqi government, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, is currently in the final stage of an eight-and-a-half-month offensive to overtake the western half of Mosul. the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, the site where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a “caliphate” in 2014. Immediately following the victory, Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, an end to ISIS’s “state of falsehood.”
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