Iraqi special forces soldiers pose next to body of an ISIS fighter in Mosul

Iraqi particular forces troopers posed for horrifying images subsequent to the hanging physique of an Islamic State fighter in Mosul as troops confronted stiff resistance from militants whereas they pushed deeper into the east of the town. 

The troopers have been pictured standing straight-faced subsequent to the face-down physique of the lifeless jihadist because the battle for management of the town, Islamic State's final stronghold in Iraq, intensified. 

In one of many pictures an Iraqi soldier is pictured standing together with his foot on the again of the Islamic State militant, who's strung up from a lamppost with electrical wire spherical his ankles.

Iraqi particular forces troopers poses for subsequent to the hanging physique of an Islamic State fighter in Mosul

In one of many pictures, an Iraqi soldier is pictured standing together with his foot on the again of the lifeless Islamic State militant

At daybreak, troops backed by aerial help from the U.S.-led worldwide coalition, moved into the Muharabeen and Ulama neighborhoods.

Troops had totally liberated the adjoining Tahrir neighborhood on Friday, Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi of the Iraqi particular forces mentioned. 

Al-Aridi mentioned IS militants have been preventing again with snipers, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds. 

Thick black columns of smoke have been seen billowing from the 2 areas of the town in northern Iraq, whereas dozens of civilians have been seen fleeing to government-controlled areas.  

The fighter wa strung up from a lamppost with electrical wire tied round his ankles

The extremist group captured Mosul, Iraq's second largest metropolis, in the summertime of 2014

IRAQI FORCES DISCOVER ISIS MASS GRAVE NEAR MOSUL 

Iraqi forces have discovered one other suspected mass grave containing the stays of victims of the Islamic State group in territory recaptured from the jihadists close to Mosul.

The remoted website that was recaptured lately by elite inside ministry forces down a dust observe outdoors the village of Tall Adh-Dhahab, some six miles south of Mosul.

Bone fragments have been scattered across the location together with scraps of clothes - together with a person's headdress, ripped trousers and a flip-flop. 

An officer from the inside ministry forces mentioned native residents reported an estimated 40 folks could possibly be buried on the website, which IS allegedly used as an execution floor. 

The clashes and a number of suicide bombings left three policemen lifeless, together with an officer, and 4 others wounded, he mentioned. 9 IS fighters have been killed, he added.

To the west of Mosul, government-sanctioned Shiite militias took management of the Tal Afar army airfield on Friday evening, mentioned Jaafar al-Husseini, spokesman for the influential Hezbollah Brigades.

He mentioned the clashes nearly destroyed the airport and that will probably be an essential launching pad for the troops of their advance.

Shortly earlier than midday, a suicide bomber emerged from a home within the Tahrir neighborhood and attacked safety forces, wounding 4 troops. 

One other suicide automotive bomber hit the troops in Aden neighborhood afternoon, killing a soldier and wounding three others. 

Troops have confronted stiff resistance from Islamic State militants as they push deeper into japanese Mosul, the fear group's final stronghold in Iraq

The extremist group captured Mosul, Iraq's second largest metropolis, in the summertime of 2014.

The offensive to retake the town, which was launched on October 17, is the largest army operation in Iraq since American troops left in 2011. 

If profitable, the retaking of Mosul can be the strongest blow dealt to Islamic State's operations within the Center East.

Most up-to-date clashes and a number of suicide bombings left three policemen lifeless, together with an officer, whereas 4 others have been wounded

In response to the United Nations, greater than 56,000 civilians have been pressured from their houses for the reason that operation started out of almost 1.5 million civilians dwelling in and round Mosul.

Within the closely broken city of Bashiqa, about eight miles northeast of Mosul's outskirts, Christians rang the bells of Saint George's church for the primary time to have a good time its liberation from IS, which was pushed out earlier this month. 

A lot of the city has been lowered to rubble from artillery strikes and air raids. 

In response to the United Nations, greater than 56,000 civilians have been pressured from their houses for the reason that operation to retake the town started final month

IRAQI GIRLS ARE EAGER TO GET THEIR LIVES BACK 

The very first thing Iraqi teenager Afrah did when she escaped Islamic State captivity close to Mosul was to take away her face veil and throw it defiantly to the bottom.

The ultra-hardline militants kidnapped and used Afrah, 16, her older sister Asil and 14 different relations and family members as human shields once they withdrew from the Iraqi metropolis of Tikrit early final 12 months.

For a 12 months and a half the household was trapped within the village of Bawiza simply north of the jihadists' Iraqi stronghold. The ladies tried to maintain a low profile and barely ventured outdoor.

When Iraqi forces pushed into the village a couple of days in the past, a part of the U.S.-backed marketing campaign to oust Islamic State from Mosul, they have been decided to not be taken hostage once more, and rushed in the direction of the army's armoured autos.

Having survived the militants' oppressive rule, Afrah and Asil, 19, need to put the harrowing expertise behind them, return to Tikrit, resume research, work and get their lives again.

'I've misplaced two years of my schooling. I need to get again to highschool, full my research after which qualify to change into a dentist,' Afrah mentioned.

Asil desires to return to her job issuing meals hygiene certificates to eating places and cafes.

'I cherished that job, I am unable to wait to begin once more,' she mentioned.  

Afrah mentioned she would proceed to put on the Muslim scarf however was relieved to indicate her face once more, and Asil had additionally shed her niqab.

The elder sister narrowly averted being married off to an Islamic State fighter whereas they lived in Bawiza, she mentioned.

'Dad refused to provide the man my hand in marriage,' she defined - a harmful act of defiance that almost bought her father Saeed killed.

'The fighter who needed to marry Asil accused Dad of being a spy, and so they took him for trial,' Afrah mentioned.

'The fighter was gross, previous with a giant beard,' she added. 

With out sufficient proof and since the IS fighter was not high-ranking, Saeed was let go.

'They'd have reduce my head off,' he mentioned. 

A couple of months later they realized the fighter had been killed in battle.

'That canine is lifeless,' Saeed mentioned, standing subsequent to Asil.

 

 

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