Iraqi forces tighten noose around jihadists in west Mosul
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MOSUL: Iraqi forces retook two more neighbourhoods in west Mosul Thursday, tightening the noose around jihadists holed up in the Old City, commanders said.
"The forces completed the liberation of Al-Thawra neighbourhood," Sabah al-Noman, spokesman for the elite Counter-Terrorism Service, told AFP.
An officer with the federal police forces also deployed in west Mosul confirmed that the neighbourhood, which lies just west of the Old City, had been retaken from the Islamic State group.
The Joint Operations Command coordinating the fight against the militants nationwide said the Nasr neighbourhood was also retaken on Thursday.
Iraqi forces launched a huge operation, their largest in years, to retake second city Mosul, in mid October last year.
They retook the side of the city that lies east of the Tigris river in January and launched a push on remaining IS fighters in western Mosul, which is more densely populated and has seen fierce fighting. (APP)
