90% of Eastern Mosul Liberated from Daesh: Iraqi CTS Commander

 A high ranking commander in Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) says that around 90 percent of eastern Mosul has been purged of its Daeshi occupiers.

Staff Lieutenant General Abdulghani al-Assadi made the announcement late on Monday as clashes are raging on between CTS forces and Takfiri terrorists.

Meanwhile, CTS spokesman Sabah al-Noman said that Iraqi forces had managed to take full control Nabi Yunus area, where earlier in the day they had liberated an important mosque which is a popular pilgrimage location, according to Press TV. 

 “We retook control of Nabi Yunus area… raised the Iraqi flag above the tomb,” he said, adding that several other neighborhoods were also liberated during the Monday anti-terror operations.

Car bombs target progressing Iraqi forces

Daesh targeted Iraqi troops with at least three car bombs in Mosul’s neighborhoods of Shurta and Andalus, where special forces are engaged with the Takfiri terrorists.

“It has been three days since the counter-terrorism service began encircling (this district) and thanks God, today they were able to clear the area completely. The situation will become better. Before it was difficult, we were unable to leave our homes for ten days. It has been a real struggle,” said a resident of Andalus.

H.M