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Iraqi army launches massive operation to retake Mosul

Monday, 28 March 2016 10:47 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 28 March 2016 10:46 AM ]

Iraqi soldiers fire mortar shells as they hold a position on the outskirts of Makhmur, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, on March 26, 2016. AFP

Ali Musawi

Press TV, Makhmur

The Iraqi army has started “Operation Conquest” in Nineveh province. The complicated offensive is aimed at recapturing the occupied city of Mosul and putting an end to nearly two years of atrocities by Daesh Takfiri terrorists there. Ali Mousavi reports from the battlefield.

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