(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Military sources told reporters that Iraqi forces had taken over al-Hurriya Bridge, one of five bridges linking both sides of Mosul across the Tigris River, Iraqi News reported.
Iraqi forces had recaptured another bridge to the South as part of the offensive which launched in February to clear Western Mosul from militants.
Five main bridges on the Euphrates River linking two halves of Mosul were destroyed during operations in Eastern Mosul to prevent Daesh (ISIS) militants from escaping to the West or receiving supplies from there. Iraqi generals said last week they were installing a floating bridge to allow backup from the East for the forces fighting in western Mosul.
Mosul fell to Daesh militants in 2014, and had been proclaimed as the main urban bastion of the group’s before Iraqi forces retook the Eastern part late January.
Iraqi generals and their advisors had predicted the city to be retaken within six months from the start of the operations in the West.
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6 March 2017 - 14:51
News ID: 816009
Iraqi government forces took over a main bridge leading to Central Mosul’s Old City on Monday as operations to liberate the area occupied by Daesh (ISIS) militants continue, local media said.
