(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The ISIS has established a number of defence lines inside and outside Mosul to resist the Iraqi forces during the battle of retaking the city, said a Peshmerga commander.
Aras Hasso Mirkhan, the commander of Peshmerga forces on Makhmour front, said that they have learned that ISIS has withdrawn a number of its forces from the outskirts of Mosul to form a defence line inside the city.
He also noted that the militant group has set up the first fortification line around Mosul to resist the Iraqi forces' efforts of entering the city.
ISIS has decreased its forces around Mosul in order to further fortify the defence line it has set up inside the city since ISIS knows "the fall of Mosul will lead to its demise," said Mirkhan, calling on Mosul residents to cooperate with Iraqi forces.
Mirkhan added that the Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces will move onto Mosul from different directions and liberate the city in some consecutive stages.
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14 October 2016 - 09:08
News ID: 785401
The ISIS has established a number of defence lines inside and outside Mosul to resist the Iraqi forces during the battle of retaking the city, said a Peshmerga commander.
