Hashd al-Sha’abi begins aid delivery to liberated Mosul areas

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have begun delivering humanitarian aid to the Mosul districts recaptured from Daesh terrorists, as government forces push deeper into the city’s western half.

PMU convoys of trucks and cars deliver food, water and blankets sent from cities in southern Iraq to the war-hit districts of Mosul, the last Daesh stronghold in Iraq, Reuters reported Wednesday.

The news comes as a large number of injured civilians inside Mosul do not have access to medical treatment and many families, whose homes have been destroyed, are fleeing the intensifying clashes between the Iraqi forces and Daesh terrorists.

Many of the residential houses close to the frontline in the conflict zone have been abandoned.

Local sources say Daesh has been using chemical weapons with some mortars.

In their latest gains against the terrorists, Iraqi forces managed to liberate the Badush Bridge in western Mosul and a water plant in the area, according to Abdulamir Rashid Yarallah, the commander of the liberation operation for the city of Mosul.

The Iraqi air force was also providing air cover to the soldiers operating on the ground against Daesh elements.

Iraqi Federal Police forces also said Wednesday that they took control of internal passageways at western Mosul’s Old City, through which Daesh bombers and vehicles would sneak to target the security forces.

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