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Iraqi Troops Half Mile Away From Daesh-Held Mosul

© AFP 2023 / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAn Iraqi forces tank advances towards the village of Salmani, south of Mosul, on October 30, 2016 during the ongoing battle against Islamic State group jihadists to liberate the city of Mosul
An Iraqi forces tank advances towards the village of Salmani, south of Mosul, on October 30, 2016 during the ongoing battle against Islamic State group jihadists to liberate the city of Mosul - Sputnik International
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Talib Kinany, the head of Iraq's counter-terrorism forces, said that Iraqi troops are between 800 to 900 meters [0.5 mile] away from Mosul.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Iraqi troops are about half a mile away from the country's third largest city of Mosul occupied by Islamic State (ISIL or Daesh) jihadists since 2014, Talib Kinany, the head of Iraq's counter-terrorism forces, said Monday.

"We were between 800 to 900 meters [0.5 mile] away from Mosul limits this morning and we could be even closer now," Kinany was quoted as saying by the Rudaw news agency.

A chain is attached to the foot of a dead Islamic State fighter's body along a street of the town of al-Shura, south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Earlier in the day, the Iraqi troops liberated the nearby village of Tehrawah.

According to the media outlet, also on Monday, Fazil Barwari, the commander of the Iraqi Golden Force, said that by this evening the Iraqi forces would invade Mosul.

On October 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of the operation to retake Mosul from the Daesh, a jihadist group outlawed in Russia and a number of other states. More than 30,000 Iraqi and 4,000 Kurdish fighters are taking part in the offensive, backed by about 5,000 US troops and supported by coalition airstrikes.

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