Federal Police recaptures road linking between Mosul and Tel Afar
Federal Police forces. File photo.
Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) Federal Police Chief, Raed Shakir Jawdat announced on Saturday recapturing the road linking between the city of Mosul and Tel Afar district.
Jawdat said in a press statement, “Troops of the Federal Police managed, at noon today, to recapture the road linking between the city of Mosul and the district of Tel Afar.”
“Security forces also managed to liberate Umm al-Masa’id village within the southwestern axis of the battle to retake Nineveh from the Islamic State’s grip,” Jawdat added.
Joint security forces, backed by Army Aviation and international coalition are progressing in the operations to liberate the city of Mosul from the ISIS control.