By Amer al-Hassani
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi forces have captured another major neighborhood in western Mosul after clashes with Daesh militants, according to a top military commander.
“Our forces have liberated Tayaran district and raised Iraqi flag over its buildings,” Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah, commander of the Nineveh Operations, said in a televised statement on Monday.
The new gain comes one day after Iraqi forces captured the strategic Maamoun district in a major victory against Daesh militants in western Mosul.
Last week, the Iraqi army, backed by the U.S.-led air coalition, began a fresh operation aimed at purging remaining Daesh terrorists from Mosul’s western districts.
The offensive comes as part of a wider operation launched last October to retake the entire city, which Daesh overran along vast swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq in mid-2014.
