Government forces recapture al-Kasr village in Mosul

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi joint forces recaptured on Monday another village on its way to the heart of the city of Mosul as part of an operation that launched in October to liberate the city from Islamic State militant.

Commander of operation “We Are Coming, Nineveh”, Lt. Gen Abdul Amir Yarallah, said the forces’ 9th division recaptured the village of al-Kasr, east of Tigris river. He added that the forces raised the Iraqi flag at the village.

The army said recently its forces were aiming at the eastern shore of Tigris River which cuts through Mosul. US-led international coalition air strikes recently destroyed bridges linking both sides of the river, denying ISIS a vital supply route.

Mosul is ISIS’s last outstanding foothold in Iraq, and the group has suffered consecutive defeats since the start of operations, with its members reportedly retreating towards the Syrian borders, while some reports tell of retaliatory shelling by the militia on the liberated areas.