Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’bi forces purge 19 more villages south of Mosul of Daesh

Iraq's pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known in Arabic as Hashd al-Sha'abi, have successfully purged more than a dozen other villages in the southern part of the country’s province of Nineveh during the third phase of a major offensive to hunt down remnants of the Daesh terrorist group.

The media bureau of the volunteer fighters announced in a statement on Tuesday that the forces had cleansed 19 villages, including al-Rahmaneyah, Kookh and al-Hauesh, in al-Shoura region, located 45 kilometers (27.9 miles) south of the provincial capital city of Mosul, of the extremists following multi-pronged military operations there.

Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters had earlier purged thirteen villages, including Ayn al-Jahesh, Msheirfeh, Arish, Khirbet al-Yazidi, Albu Jarad, Ayn al-Bayda, of Daesh militants.

A statement by the media office of the Joint Operations Command said on Monday that the Iraqi army, police and Hashd al-Sha’abi units, backed by the Iraqi Air Force fighter jets, had launched the third phase of the Will of Victory Operation in the eastern Diyala province and Nineveh province in the north.

The statement said the troops had begun search operations in rural areas near the towns of Miqdadiyah, Jalawla and Khanaqin in Diyala province.

Also in Nineveh province, the troops commenced an operation to clear the rugged areas of al-Atshanah and the mountain ranges of Badush and Sheikh Ibrahim in west and northwest of the provincial capital city of Mosul.

PressTV-Iraqi Hashd Sha’abi forces purge more areas of Daesh

Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces have cleansed 13 villages of Daesh remnants during a major offensive to hunt down the terrorists in eastern and northern Iraq.

The second-in-command of the Joint Operations Command (JOC), Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah, said in a statement on July 20 that Iraqi military forces had launched the second phase of the Will of Victory Operation to hunt down Daesh remnants north of Baghdad and areas nearby.

The statement noted that the offensive aims to “beef up security and stability in areas north of Baghdad and surrounding areas in the provinces of Diyala, Salahuddin and Anbar.”

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Iraqi army soldiers and pro-government Hashd al-Sha’abi forces have purged 30 villages of remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

It said that units from the Baghdad Operations Command, command operations from Diyala, Samarra and Anbar, the Federal Police Command, rapid response teams, Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters and the special forces regiment of the Operations Department of the Chief of Staff of the Army as well as the Special Task Force of the Directorate of Military Intelligence were participating in the offensive.

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Iraq's army and the voluntary forces began the first phase of the Will of Victory Operation early on July 7, the military said in a statement, adding that the operation would last several days and was aimed at securing the province of Anbar and the central and northern regions of Salahuddin and Nineveh.

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