Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, South Mosul
Government forces are advancing on the Daesh-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq. The Commander in Chief of Iraq’s Emergency Response Division says the country army and allied forces have liberated over 1,200 square kilometers of land in Mosul’s south since the beginning of the battle last week. The Iraqi troops are expected to launch a key offensive to liberate more key ground south of Mosul in the days to come.