According to the military command of the United States since the beginning of operations to liberate Mosul from the militants of “ISIL” were eliminated from 800 to 900 terrorists.
“A week and a half of operations at Mosul, according to our estimates, was probably killed about 800 to 900 militants “IG”, – said the head of the Central command of the armed forces of the United States on the Middle East, General Joseph Votel in an interview with AFP.
As the newspaper notes, the Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, who are advancing on the Iraqi city of Mosul, has achieved relatively rapid progress. According to preliminary estimates, in Mosul are from 3500 to 5000 militants of the ISIL, and up to about 2000 terrorists are in the territory around the city.
According to Votel, exact figures are difficult because the militants “LIH” move around the city mingling with the local population. As reported, on October 17, Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of large-scale operation to liberate the city of Mosul from the terrorist group ISIS.
