Security forces liberate areas of Nineveh Plain entirely
Iraqi security forces. File photo.
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) We Are Coming, Nineveh Operations Command announced on Monday liberating the areas of Nineveh Plain from the control of the Islamic State extremist group completely.
Commander of the Operations, Major General Abdel Amir Yarallah, said in a brief statement, “Today, security forces managed to liberate the areas of Nineveh Plain, south of Mosul, completely.”
“Security operations are ongoing until the full liberation of the entire province,” Yarallah added.
Joint Iraqi security forces, backed by Army Aviation and international coalition, continue the battle to retake the city of Mosul from the ISIS grip, after the operations being launched in October by General Commander of Armed Forces Haider al-Abadi.