Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik stressed Wednesday that cleansing the city of Mosul of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group has a great importance for Turkey and Iraq as well, pointing out that the presence of Turkish soldiers in Ba’shiqah is very important. In ...
Iraqi forces have retaken at least 80 percent of east Mosul from the ISIL Takfiri group, the spokesman of the special forces spearheading the campaign said on Wednesday. “I think you can say that we have retaken 80 to 85 percent” of the eastern side of Mosul, Sabah al-Noman, spokesman ...
