Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Shiite militia says to have taken Mosul-Raqqa road

A spokesman of a Shiite militia said Nov. 2 that its fighters have gained control of a highway linking the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-held city of Mosul to the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the militants’ self-proclaimed caliphate.


The spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades, Jaafar al-Husseini, said Nov. 2 that his troops are now cutting the main supply line to the militants, The Associated Press reported.

Earlier this week, Shiite militias, known as the Popular Mobilization Units, joined the operation to retake Mosul from ISIL. They said they would not enter the city of Mosul and would instead focus on retaking Tal Afar, a town to the west.

Turkey opposes their participation in the offensive to take Tal Afar, saying that it would reinforce its troop deployments in the border town of Silopi amid a possible Shiite offensive to liberate Tal Afar, which has a sizeable ethnic Turkmen population and is considered a sensitive target for Ankara.
 [hurriyetdailynews.com]
2/11/16
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