(AhlulBayt News Agency) - He explained that intense clashes are still occurring between the CTS and ISIS terrorists.
Once the entirety of eastern Mosul is liberated, Iraqi forces will begin to concentrate their attack on western Mosul, in which the Tigris river separates the two portions of the city.
Meanwhile, CTS spokesman Sabah al-Noman said that Iraqi forces had managed to take full control Nabi Yunus area, where earlier in the day they had liberated an important mosque which is a popular pilgrimage location.
"We retook control of Nabi Yunus area... raised the Iraqi flag above the tomb," he said, adding that several other neighborhoods were also liberated during the Monday anti-terror operations.
Both neighborhoods are located close to the Eastern bank of the Tigris River, and within sight of the city's Northernmost bridge which spans the river.
Once the east bank is fully recaptured, Iraqi forces will launch operations to retake Western Mosul from the terrorists.
Iraqi army soldiers, supported by fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, commonly known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, launched a joint operation on October 17, 2016 to retake Mosul from ISIL terrorists.
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