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On the approaches before the attack
The Iraqi government troops entered the village of Tele-Kaif, five kilometers from the northern approaches to Mosul, the "capital" of the Islamic State Organization. This was reported by the AS Sumaria channel.
On Saturday, Iraqi troops stormed the Christian district, which has been under the control of IG since 2014, reports Reuters. Iraqi units entered the center of Karakosh, a Christian city of about 20 km southeast of Mosul, and carried out laid there. Subsequently, the neighboring Christian village of Karamles was captured. The population of this region left their homes in the summer of 2014 during the advance of the IG.
Kurdish militia (Peshmerga) occurs on two fronts in the area of the city of Bashik. Support for the advancing to Mosul is provided by the Air Force of the International Anti -Terrorism Coalition led by the United States.
Meanwhile, Iraq Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi rejected Turkey’s proposal to take part in the battle for the liberation of Mosul. “I know that the Turks want to participate, we are grateful to them, but the Iraqis will cope with this,” Abadi assured. At the same time, he noted that if Iraq needs help, he will ask for Turkey or other country about her.
On Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yyldyrym said that Ankara was ready to "take measures" in Iraq. According to him, the Turkish authorities are not enough promises of Washington and Baghdad regarding the non -participation in the campaign to liberate the Mosul of representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party and Shiite armed units. Yyldyrym emphasized that Türkiye "cannot remain indifferent to mass killings, potential waves of refugees and clashes along its border."
On Monday, Al-Abadi announced the beginning of the operation to free Mosul from the militants of the Islamic State. He noted that the armed forces and police of Iraq, as well as fighters of the Kurdish militia, will take part in the operation to liberate the city. The fact that the US army will support the Iraqi Army, the head of the department, the head of the department, Ashton Carter. “The USA and other members of the international coalition are ready to support the Iraqi security forces, the Fighters of Peshmerg and the people of Iraq in the upcoming heavy battle,” the statement said. “This is a turning point in a campaign aimed at defeating the IG,” the Carter statement said.
Before the assault on the Iraq Air Force, the city of leaflets, warning about the upcoming operation, was thrown into the militants held. “It is time for victory. Time to glorify pure Iraq without IS and any unclean ideology,” they say. The authorities urged residents not to panic, stay in houses and close the doors and windows. Before that, the military conducted an intensive artillery shutter of the eastern part of the city.
Mosul remains the last large city of Iraq, controlled by jihadists, after the government forces knocked out the IG militants from Ramadi, El Falluji and Tikrit. Mosul was captured in the summer of 2014 as a result of fierce battles, which lasted several days and led to numerous victims among the civilians.