Hundreds of Daesh members surrender in Mosul

Hundreds of Daesh militants and their families, mostly foreigners, surrendered to the Iraqi army in Mosul after the terrorist grouplet faced complete defeat in the city.

Colonel Jassim al-Araji, an official of the Iraqi Army’s Rapid Response Forces in Mosul said that a large number of Daesh militants and their families, who were trapped in a mosque in Mosul’s Old City, surrendered to the Iraqi Army, Bas News reported.

He revealed to BasNews that a total of 320 Daesh members, including their families, who were from different foreign and Arab nationalities, were trapped in Shihab Mosque in the center of the Old City district.

"All the Daesh militants, who have surrendered themselves, are from Arab and foreign nationalities, including Russian, French, Syrian, Palestinian, Saudi and others," he said.

The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced in a statement on Monday evening the completion of the liberation of the city of Mosul.

EA