Iraqi forces liberat village near Mosul from Daesh
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A pro-government fighter flashes the victory sign near al-Sejar village, north-east of Fallujah, on May 26, 2016.
Iraqi troops have managed to retake a village south of the ISIL-held city of Mosul as their liberation operations continue in the area.
According to the reports, the Nineveh Operations Command said in a Sunday statement that government forces, equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, recaptured the village of Kharaib Jabr on the western bank of Tigris River.
The village rests near the southern outskirts of Mosul, which has served as the main stronghold of ISIL terrorists in Iraq since 2014.
The troops also killed at least 25 terrorists during fierce clashes with them and destroyed four of their explosives-rigged vehicles.
According to some military officials involved in the operation, the army forces are already advancing towards the village of Haj Ali, about 60 km south of Mosul.
ISIL positions in the village have also come under airstrikes and artillery fire. Reports say at least two terrorist workshops dedicated to make bomb-rigged cars in the village were destroyed during the attacks.
Fighters from the Iraq’s Popular Mobilization units and Kurdish forces are also involved in the liberation operations carried out in the embattled Nineveh Province.
Iraqi forces are also pressing ahead with a major offensive to free Fallujah in the western province of Anbar.
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