Nearly 3 years after Da'ish took the city... #Iraq's flag has been raised above #Mosul's government buildings

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Abadi: victory has become the king of the hand and Snfaji Daesh in Mosul [Extended]

History of edits:: 10.16.2016 21:29 • 189 visits readable

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The prime minister Haidar al - Abbadi said all Iraqis have a date with a new phase after the liberation of the entire Iraqi territory this year , "adding that" victory entire cities and edit become the king of the hand. "

He said al - Abadi , according to a statement his office received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it, during a meeting with a number of journalists and political analysts, said that "victory stake all Iraqis and we are working to restore stability and services to cities liberated," noting that these victories achieved in the light of the economic distress. " 
he added , "two years ago we were fighting Daesh on the outskirts of Baghdad , and today we are on the outskirts of Mosul , to edit and defeated Daesh and broken the will and propaganda real victories on the ground." 
among Abadi "We raised the slogan will be in 2016 in liberation has been achieved and we raised the slogan is no place for Daesh in Iraq , here is achieved "adding" We have succeeded in ending Daesh in Iraq citizens 'cooperation with the military forces, "adding that" the most important achievement of this government is to liberate the territories and cities of Iraq. " 
he said;" we gave for the battle against Daesh priority was our vision and clear from the outset is now close to We edit Mosul and Snfaji the enemy and return the connector to the bosom of the nation. " 
He added that" we are fighting these days comma and multiple battles at the same time on several fronts from Kirkuk to Ramadi , Mosul , "adding that" the sons of the usurped territories Istnjdon Iraqi forces and the development of cooperation between citizens and agencies security and called brotherly countries to stand with Iraq while in violation of its national sovereignty. " 
He added Abadi , that" the only Iraqi troops are on the ground which is the liberation of the cities and there is no any foreign military force on the land of Iraq and challenged the Turkish side to prove that we are asked to send a military force. " 
among Prime Minister : "we and our face security services snapped more vigilant in protecting civilians , noting that the participation of any Iraqi force of army and police , the popular and the crowd determined by the commander in chief of the armed forces and the requirements of the battle , " praising the "unified national position of political activists in the communication and media sites , a position worthy of recognition . " 
Abadi warned that" Daesh resort broadcasting rumors and must refute it immediately. "

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Abadi announce the start of the process of liberalization of Mosul and vows punishment of Aldoaash expanded {}

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{Baghdad: Euphrates News} Prime Minister announced the general commander of the armed forces, Haider al-Abadi, starting the process of liberalization of Mosul, while vowing retribution from terrorist gangs after liberation, calling on the people of the city to cooperate in order to end the battle quickly.

Ebadi said in a statement announced the operation starting point , addressing the people of Mosul , "has sounded the hour editing and approached a moment of great victory, the will, determination and the arms of the Iraqis, and Dependence on Allah , the Mighty Mighty, today announced the launch editor of Nineveh province process, soon we will meet in the land of Mosul to celebrate all edited and salvation of its people to live again in all our religions and our communities like him equal collaborators all stand for cropped Daesh crimes and rebuild this good conservative and Snamr Madmrth this criminal gang and we will life and stability in Mosul , the surrounding areas, very soon we will be with you to raise the Iraqi flag in Mosul humpback in every village and corner will be Daesh place among us does not in Mosul , nor in the other, we have come to the salvation of terrorism. " 
He continued , " We all attempts at disruption in Mosul failed as earlier failed attempt to disable edit Fallujah, Ramadi and Tikrit and Baiji process all the cities of Iraq, and there are those who do everything effort to Tattellna but here we are today Novi Bahdna for Tkhaliskm from the brutality of terrorism. " 
He added that" the force that drives the editing process is valiant army and national police they who will enter the city to liberate it and not others who are of you and want to protect you and Tkhaliskm. " 
and he finished Bacol" invite O Nineveh sons of cooperation and collaboration residents Shirqat Qayyarah with heroine forces were fast processes and with minimal losses, and your cooperation raise the flag of victory as soon as we raised in the rest of the cities. " 
he said , " a tribute to all the heroes of fighters , and to all the martyrs and the mar abouts who move now and will move soon to Tharirkm and vengeance you re IDPs and restore national cohesion and make Iraqis body and no one can the enemy be implemented through them, adding that "there is an attempt was during the past few days to delay the process of liberalization and confuse, but thank God and the lowest in the grave and in its place." 
He called on " the armed forces and all the marabouts who Ivodon for Display and honor and sovereignty to be alert to eliminate Daesh and on who is behind Daesh and of supporting Daesh and provide them with force and terror tools of oppression that lasted for two years you , O people of Mosul and the people of Nineveh. " 
and he finished Abadi said , " We came today to Tkhaliskm of these torments and reconstruction of the province and there integrated teams have been formed to look after the aspect of human citizens and reconstruction immediately after the completion of the process of liberalization and invite you once again to cooperate with our forces. " 
and" as we promised that this year 2016 will be a year editing Daesh we Novi with this covenant now and Novi this our responsibility, our duty Alan Tkhaliskm of Daesh to liberate our land and Thrrkm of this terror and your return all to your homes and Snguets of criminals and the promise this, calling for peaceful coexistence among citizens and cooperation with others and these forces Thrrkm do not have a goal in Mosul , but for you and Tkhaliskm and re free and dignified life for you ".anthy

 

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Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend Statement on ISF start of liberation of Mosul 

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[chinadawg]

Didn't we read not long ago that there were only about 1200 isis fighters left in Mosul ?...........why weeks are months down the road ?.............Hell they should be able to send in chief Sitting Bull with mix of Cheyenne and Sioux with bows and arrows riding painted pony's and clean this up in short order.

 

[nannab]

 I had read somewhere that there were about 40,000 but who knows.

All we can do is pray that the Iraqi forces make quick work of cleaning

house with minimal lose of life.   

Thank you Yota.

[boosterbglee]

Unleash hell on ISIS!

[King Bean]

28 minutes ago, boosterbglee said:

Unleash hell on ISIS!

 

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Battle for Mosul: Isis city under attack from Iraqi and Kurdish forces – live news

The Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga fighters are converging on Iraq’s second-largest city, which has been in the hands of Islamic State since 2014

Bonnie Malkin (earlier), Damien Gayle (now)

Monday 17 October 2016 14.39 BST

Key events

• 4m agoShia militias will turn Mosul into a bloodbath, Saudis warn
• 30m agoIsis says it has counterattacked with suicide bombers
• 5h agoPeshmerga seize seven villages east of Mosul
• 7h agoWhat we know so far
• 7h agoUS-led coalition providing support for Iraqi and Kurdish fighters
• 8h agoFighter jet engages Isis mortar positions
• 8h ago'The mortar fire is intensifying' – audio

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/oct/17/mosul-battle-iraq-isis-islamic-state-peshmerga-latest

 

 

[Artitech]

3 hours ago, yota691 said:

 

My The Good Lord Jesus protect our Servicemen and women in this attack, on these these muslim DEVILS! Good always TRUMPS Evil! 

[Kraidle]

YEAH! GO GET THEM, GUYS!

[Laid Back]

Taking care of the security situation.

I remember Shabibi's words; to apply a new monetary policy you need 3 things 

- Security 

- Stability 

- Complete seated government 

We are moving forward in the right direction.... Everything is pointing to the beginning of 2017

Go Abadi 

Go troops

Go battle against terrorism 

Go freedom

[siberian_shaddow]

The Day of Eradication Begins

[ChuckFinley]

Lets have a Happy New Years. 

[markb57]

Good God. They just can't help but keep fighting with themselves.

http://dailysignal.com/2016/10/17/292677/

The long-awaited Iraqi offensive is underway to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, from the Islamic State. On Monday, Iraqi security forces began the attack from positions 40 miles south of the city while Kurdish militias advanced from the north.

It isn’t known how many ISIS militants will fight to the death in Mosul, but Kurdish military officials estimate it will take three months to clear Iraq’s second-largest city.

The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, seized Mosul in June 2014. The terrorist army constructed an elaborate network of fortifications, tunnels, and explosive devices throughout the city.

U.S. military officials estimate that 3,500 to 5,000 ISIS fighters are hunkered down in Mosul. They are almost encircled by about 10 times that number of troops deployed by Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

 

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It is not known how many ISIS militants will fight to the death and how many will escape to fight another day, but Kurdish military officials estimate it will take about three months to clear the city.

The Pentagon has played a supporting role, deploying about 5,000 troops to train, advise, and assist Iraqi and Kurdish forces. A small detachment of Marines was dispatched to provide artillery support, while several hundred special operations forces have gathered intelligence, targeted ISIS leaders, and called in airstrikes from U.S., Iraqi, British, and French air forces.

Bitter Rifts in the Anti-ISIS Coalition

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani have agreed that only Iraqi security forces and the Kurds’ peshmerga militia will play key roles in liberating Mosul. But Shiite militias, including some that are Iranian-controlled, are jockeying for a greater role.

This could be a major problem because Mosul is a predominantly Sunni city and human rights groups have criticized Shiite militias for abusing Sunni civilians in previous military operations in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi.

Turkey, which has deployed an estimated 2,000 troops in northern Iraq to fight Turkish Kurdish separatists, also is pushing for a prominent role in liberating Mosul. Ankara has deployed heavy artillery to bombard ISIS positions and has trained a force of local Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and Turkmen that it plans to back in the fighting.

The Iraqi government is wary of Turkey’s historic ties to Mosul, which once was part of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan has made the situation worse by proclaiming neo-Ottoman ambitions and asserting that Turkey has a duty to protect Iraqi Turkmen. As a Sunni chauvinist, he also has presented himself as a champion of Iraqi Sunnis threatened by Shiite domination.

Erdogan told Turkey’s parliament: “We will play a role in the Mosul liberation operation and no one can prevent us from participating.”

After Abadi criticized Turkey’s “occupation” of Iraqi territory and warned that it could spark a war, the ever-prickly Erdogan chastised the Iraqi prime minister: “You are not at my level … the army of the Turkish republic has not lost such standing as to receive instructions from you. You should know that we will do what we want to do.”

Planning Needed for a Political Victory

In addition to the sparring over military plans to liberate Mosul, there aregrowing concerns about inadequate planning for stabilizing the city after ISIS is defeated.

An exodus of up to 700,000 refugees from Mosul may overwhelm preparations for delivering humanitarian aid. It also is unclear how the Iraqi government will prevent refugee camps from turning into ISIS bases, or protect them from sectarian attacks or acts of or tribal vengeance.

To prevent ISIS from making a comeback, it is essential that the Iraqi government address festering issues over sectarian discrimination, corruption, and dysfunctional governance.

Many Sunni Arabs were pushed into the arms of ISIS, which they saw as a lesser evil, after suffering from what they regarded as malign neglect, disenfranchisement, and repression at the hands of the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad.

Washington must encourage Baghdad to prepare a post-liberation political framework for Mosul and the surrounding region that assures anxious Sunni, Kurdish, Christian, Turkmen, and Yazidi minorities that they can count on an inclusive and responsive government in Baghdad to provide security, services, and respect for their political, religious, and human rights.

Mosul is an important test case. If Baghdad fails to address the sectarian divisions and legitimate political grievances, then ISIS, or something even worse, will emerge again to challenge its authority in the future.

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Thanks 

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Seven countries, including America, Russia, Saudi Arabia rejects Turkish presence in Iraq and declares support for the operations of MosulTuesday 

 

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Twilight News / announced that the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected seven countries, notably the United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, the Turkish presence in the town of Bashiqa in Nineveh province north of the country, while those countries have expressed their support for military operations, which began yesterday for the Liberation of the city of Mosul from the grip of the organization Daesh terrorist .

According to a statement issued by the Information Office of the Minister of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Ibrahim al-Jaafari, said the recent search of the Turkish violation of Iraqi territory a file, and the need for the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Ba'shiqah during the bilateral meetings that collected with an external America ministers, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and Turkey and the UN Representative in Syria on the sidelines of Lausanne in Switzerland.

The statement added that al-Jaafari reiterated the importance that the international community stand by Iraq and demanding the departure of the Turkish troops from Iraqi territory, ending the violation of its sovereignty, and that Turkey is committed to international agreements, and take care of the good-neighborly, pointing out that Iraq is engaged in a global war against terrorist Daesh gangs in his own defense and on behalf of the whole world, and did not ask any country of involvement of his sons in the war on its territory Iraqis registered big wins, and liberate Iraqi land from Conception terrorists Daesh.

Jaafari said Iraq's request to support the conditional approval of the Iraqi government, and there is no agreement with the Turkish side concerning the entry of troops Ba'shiqah City, noting: that body the popular crowd included people of Iraq from all religions, sects and denominations, ethnic groups, regions, and that some of the media, international parties are trying to tarnish the image of the unity of Iraqis and cohesion under the banner of the popular crowd, and the command of the commander in chief of the armed forces.

The foreign minister called for concerted international efforts to counter terrorism, and not to open the side battles the winner not only terrorism, and work on finding solutions to the problems of the region, and set aside more challenges.

 With regard to the Syrian crisis Jaafari stressed the need to seize the opportunities, and promote political talks, and the peaceful resolution of the crisis, and not to deal with the Syrian crisis, according to the sectarian dimension, and to differentiate between the Syrian people on the basis of affiliations, and are treated humane vision of an objective, adding that the cease-fire, fighting It supports, and opens the way to facilitate the arrival of humanitarian aid and relief to all besieged areas, which in turn lead to the promotion of political talks between the Syrian parties.

For their part, stressed the Foreign American nations and ministers, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan's rejection of the Turkish intervention in Iraqi territory, stressing they stand by Iraq in its war against Daesh gangs of terror, and they are influential backers to Iraq's request to end the Turkish violation of Iraqi sovereignty and with the unit and the sovereignty of Iraq, according to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry statement.

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Pentagon: Mosul process is going faster than planned

History of edits:: 17/10/2016 23:22 • 328 visits readable

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announced the US Department of Defense [Pentagon], " The restoration of Mosul , the process is going faster than planned."

He ruled out a Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook in a press statement "carry out the American forces in any new role in the attack waged by the Iraqi army to restore the city of Mosul from Daesh." 
He added, " The Americans in the rear lines of the front and serve as a consultant to support the Iraqi people ." 
He pointed Cook that " Americans are playing again advisory role, an aide to Iraqi forces role, and most of the US forces in Iraq is not close to the front lines. " 
He stressed that" a lot of American soldiers on missions to provide advice and logistical support. " 
the liberalization city of Mosul operations launched in the early hours of the day Monday, engaged in battle army troops, and counterterrorism and federal police, and the Peshmerga, the PDF and tribal crowd, and the international coalition. 
and achieved the joint forces during the first hours of the operation , which he called the commander of the armed forces , Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi by coming Aaninoy] progress in the axes different and edit several villages and an area of 200 km.

 

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Raise the Iraqi flag on the Great Mosque

 

 

18/10/2016 0:00   Mosul / follow - up to the morning   so that our forces began the heroic battle to liberate the city of Mosul, even a large body of news documented from within the city to defeat the herds «Daesh» and Anksaarham what caused them to shave their beards rotten and throw the Afghan uniforms and fleeing like rats frightened, and because of the curse of the blood of the oppressed chased, the retribution and revenge came on the hands of our heroes those who care about the one hand, and the sky on the other hand, where he filled the streets of Mosul and revitalize the bodies of hundreds of them who were killed in bloody battles broke out between the so - called «Islamic police» and »Army brackish» following the news of the escape of their successors cowardly «Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi» to the city Syrian tenderness, at a time when the crowd the popular heroine forces managed to kill prominent leaders «Daesh» and officials of executions in revenge for our martyrs.   at a time to raise the Iraqi flag at the grand Mosque in central Mosul. According to intelligence sources inside Mosul on Monday, that the gang «Daesh» terrorist settled coup led by the so - called «Islamic police» against the so- called «Abu Bakr al -Baghdadi», as he pointed to the killing of coup leader amid mass executions in some areas of central Mosul.  The source said : The «gang« Daesh »announced through the media detachments resolve coup« police Islamic »against Baghdadi» and added that «elements« Daesh »killed the commander of « police Islamic »with some of his associates, while the gang carried out the mass executions against dozens of elements« police Islamic »in the areas which witnessed clashes» .oovad source that the commander of the so - called »police Islamic» within the city of Mosul , led a coup attempt against the leader of the «Daesh» named Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi », as pointed out that the so called» Army brackish »counteracted the face of the coup and announced Almenklpon on «Baghdadi» through the speakers of a car «police Islamic» in Mosul, the arrest of his wife and his escape towards the Syrian tenderness, and stressed that «al - Baghdadi» ruling on Mosul «finished».   Furthermore, said an intelligence source, that the violent clashes between what is called a battalion «brackish» and «police» subsidiaries to gang «Daesh» terrorist in the vicinity of the headquarters of what it calls the gang b »House money» in downtown Mosul, adding that the clashes broke out of the acquisition of funds.  in the light of the clear defeat, announced source security in Mosul on Monday, said the families of the elements of a gang «Daesh» terrorist scrambled to escape from the center conductor towards the village of Noran West Ba'shiqah.   According to the security source destroyed more than 43 goals for »Daesh» aerial bombing in Nineveh, pointing to the collapse of the defenses of the terrorist gang in the axis Mosul Dam, revealing an intelligence source in the popular crowd killed the leader of the «Daesh» named Ahmed speech lifetime security official southern boycotted in Mosul border area, killing executions official criminal Salem behind Sweileh (Aborkah) southeast of Mosul, as the young , unknown in terms of the Shura killing Aldaasha Hamid shower in ( the village of Tal - conscious) who looted police homes after killing them in hand.   on  the other hand, said a local source in Nineveh province, that the Iraqi flag flap over the grand Mosque , which speeches by the leader of the «Daesh» called «Abu Bakr al -Baghdadi »central Mosul announced« alleged succession »in June 2014, the source said:« one young Mosul , rebels on «Daesh» succeeded in reaching the big - Nouri Mosque and raising the Iraqi flag over one staff , in a courageous step gave the locals a sense of optimism and near victory ».

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Security forces during the liberation of Mosul battles

Pentagon: US troops are located on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraqi forces advanced dramatically

 

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Announced the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), on Tuesday, the presence of US troops on the outskirts of the city of Mosul, confirmed that the Iraqi forces have made significant progress during the first day and achieved all its objectives, as has denied that there is coordination with the "Iranian-backed militias" to participate in the operations, suggested the presence of 5000 element of Daesh into the connector.

A spokesman for the Pentagon Peter Cook in a press interview followed (the long-Presse), said that "part of the US forces are located on the outskirts of Mosul, in the situation that exposes her to harm," stressing, saying "we can not talk about the place of every American in detail soldier and the nature of his work, but there are a small number of US forces are providing advice and guidance Iraqi ground forces. "

He said Cook, that "those troops would stay behind the front lines, where the Iraqi armed forces could take over the reins of the battle, having launched operations at six o'clock on Monday morning, local time for Iraq," noting that "the Iraqi forces advanced more than planned during the day the first battle of achieving all of the goals set for it. "

Cook continued, "The battle of Iraq is going according to plan", refusing to disclose the course of the battle, he returned that "it is too early to talk about these happenings."

He revealed a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, for "non-use of Apache helicopters in the battle so far," he said, "There is one set of forces will not be supported by the US Army, a militia Iranian-backed forces."

He stressed Cook, or "Iraqi forces are at the front lines of the battle fronts and the Americans are doing their part in providing advice from their positions behind the front lines, and with the tasks carried out by the former US forces," Rjuha "the presence of approximately from 5 thousand armed people from organizing Daesh in Mosul now." .

The Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, announced on Monday (17 October 2016), the start of liberalization city of Mosul process (405 km north of Baghdad) from the control of the organization (Daesh) terrorist, and stressed that the process is led by the army and federal police, pointed to thwart All attempts to prevent the process starting.

The organization (Daesh) took over the city of Mosul, Nineveh province, (405 km north of Baghdad), in (the tenth of June 2014 the past), before extending his terrorist activities for many other areas of Iraq and is committed where "many violations" promised local and global points of "crimes against humanity and genocide.

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18-10-2016 10:25 AM

The escape of a number of elements Daesh to the Syrian province of Raqqa

 

 

 

Escaped a number of elements gangs Daesh present in the city of Mosul to the Syrian province of Raqqa with the launch of liberalization city 's military operations. 

The head of the Badr parliamentary bloc Qasim al -Araji , said in a statement, ' the Syrian government imposed a tight blockade on the Daesh terrorist and prevent him from sneaking into Syria and escape from Mosul' , pointing out that ' a number of terrorist Daesh had arrived tenderness Harbin city of Mosul because of the relentless attack of the security services and crowd the popular hero'. 

He said 'Daesh committed great crimes in Mosul and other cities and must be comeuppance', adding that ' theintensification of the bombing Air and focus on the Syrian border by the Syrian government is very important to prevent these terrorist gangs to escape. " 

He concluded that ' the battle of Mosul experiencing unite all forces high and coordinated with each other ', noting that 'all the support and sophisticated weapons provided to Daesh will not be prohibitive of defeat and the elimination of the last strongholds of terrorism in Iraq. "

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America and Saudi Arabia have agreed to allow for "Daesh" out of Mosul to Syria © AP Photo /

ARAB WORLD 10/12/2016 17:09(Updated 20:43 12/10/2016) Copy the link 0296586 A military source - a diplomat in Moscow told "Novosti", said on Wednesday that US special hardware and Saudi Arabia had agreed to allow militants to organize "Daesh" out of the Iraqi city of Mosul before the storm, and then it will move several thousand of them to Syria. Moscow - Sputnik The source said for "Novosti": "During the preparation of the operation in Mosul reached US special hardware and Saudi Arabia to agree on granting safe exit for all armed with their families before the start of the storming of the city. During the intrusion airline alliance will pay strikes into individual buildings, agreed with the pre militants, remain free within the territory of the city. " According to information from the source, Washington and Riyadh plan assumes transmission militants from Mosul to Syria. He explained that: More than 9 thousand gunman "Daesh" will be transferred from Mosul to eastern regions in Syria to carry out a large offensive operation to take control of Deir al-Zour and Palmyra. He added that Egyptian President Barack Obama has decided to make the process of liberalization of Mosul in October / October. The agency "RIA Novosti" was not able to immediately obtain official information or comments from the Saudi sides Owalomraki on these statements.

[ChuckFinley]

Glad to things moving at a rapped pace. Hope this minimizes causalities with a quick ending.