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'Ways to Go': Iraqi Forces Enter Eastern Neighborhoods of Mosul

© Sputnik / Hikmet DurgunAli Zeyd, another Mosul native, is fighting to free the city in the ranks of the Iraqi army
Ali Zeyd, another Mosul native, is fighting to free the city in the ranks of the Iraqi army - Sputnik International
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Iraqi troops continued their advance after entering neighborhoods in the east of Mosul.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Iraqi forces have entered neighborhoods in the east of Mosul and continue their advance against Daesh jihadists ahead of schedule, Special Presidential Envoy for the US-led coalition against Daesh Brett McGurk announced on Thursday.

On October 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of a military operation to recapture Mosul from Daesh, which is outlawed in Russia, with the help of airstrikes by the US-led international coalition. According to media reports, about 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and 4,000 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were initially taking part in the operation.

An Iraqi Federal Police vehicle passes through a checkpoint in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Earlier in the day, media reported that the militant group leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi arrived in Mosul and released an audiotape, calling on jihadists to defend Mosul. He also called on Daesh militants "to unleash the fire of anger" against Turkish forces fighting Daesh in Syria.

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