A member of the Iraqi forces stands guard at the frontline of the Old City of Mosul on March 25, 2017, during the government forces' ongoing offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Baghdad: The Iraqi army managed on Sunday to reclaim four neighborhoods of western Mosul from ISIS, according to military sources.
"The Iraqi army’s anti-terrorism forces liberated the two neighborhoods of Wadi al-Ain and Rajm al-Hadid, in the western part of the city," Iraqi Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah said in an statement broadcasted on state television.
"The army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Forces took over the Orouba district and the "industrial zone" in western Mosul, according to the Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell.
