The Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have been successfully advancing on ISIS since the start of wide-scale operation against the terrorist group on September 20.
The main teargets of the launched operation were to seize from ISIS areas along the Euphrates River and re-take the strategic town of Shirqat located near the Mosul-Baghdad road. We recall Mosul remains the last major ISIS stronghold in Iraq.
By September 21, the Iraqi forces have partly encircled Shirqat after liberation of a number of villages in the area. According to pro-government sources, the Iraqi army and the PMU have alredy deployed in its northern part and captured the ISIS commander of the town.
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Separately, they liberated from terrorists the areas of Haditha, Baghdadi, Dolab Islands along the Euphrates River.
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