Iraqi security forces take village back from Takfiri terrorists

Iraqi forces have liberated a strategic village from ISIL as part of their push to retake Mosul, the most important urban area under the Takfiri group’s control.

According to the reports, a statement from the Nineveh Operations Command said Iraqi forces entered the village of Kabrouk in a swift operation which took ISIL (Daesh) by surprise.

The village is the fifth to fall back under the government’s control since March when the army launched an operation to liberate Mosul, which is Iraq’s second-largest city.

The recapture of Kabrouk facilitates access to the oil town of Qayyara whose liberation would cut off Mosul from the territory held by the terrorists further south and east.

The capture came as the military opened a new front against terrorists in the Makhmour area, around 60 km north of the city.

More troops are to be assigned to the battle in Makhmour, while the final push for Mosul is estimated to require thousands of servicemen.

Owing to the Monday gain, Iraqi troops are now only less than 50 km from Mosul.

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