Iraqi Forces Retake Strategic Mosul Dam From Kurdish Peshmerga

On Wednesday, Iraqi security forces retook the strategic Mosul Dam and its nearby facilities from the Peshmerga, a military force of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

According to Iraqi sources, at least 9 people in clashes between government troops and KRG forces.

Following the incident, a spokesman for the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) said that Ahmed Obeidi, assistant to the head of the PMU Intelligence known as Abu Yasir, was killed in the firefight in the area.

Iraqi Forces Retake Strategic Mosul Dam From Kurdish Peshmerga

Ahmed Obeidi

Ahmad al-Asadi said that Obeidi died preventing the attempt “to separate and partition” of Iraq.

Earlier this week, the Iraqi Army took back control over the city of Kirkuk, nearby military and oil installations as well as multiple point sacross Syria.

Now, government forces are expanding their control in the contested areas in the Mosul countryside.

The map shows areas recently taken back by the Iraqi government from the KRG:

Iraqi Forces Retake Strategic Mosul Dam From Kurdish Peshmerga

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χρηστος

useless waste of resources by the iraqi army…..bravo to the Kurds that managed to save ISIS from defeat. they gave them time to regroup, resupply etc. The Iraqis are wasting precious time and resources on a typical procedure that should have been concluded in an official ceremony in a couple of hours…the Kurdish would hand over the territories they liberated from ISIS to the Iraqi government and thats it….return to were they have been since 2003 and live happily ever after…..stupid, arrogant, puppets…

Hussein Ahmad

Wtf are you talking about

Garga

Christos says KRG is saving ISIS from quick death by diverting Iraq’s energy which is now focused on preventing the country’s break up, instead of finishing ISIS up.

Hussein Ahmad

Yh but he’s calling the Iraqis stupid for chasing the Kurds right now and that the Kurds were gonna withdraw anyway which they weren’t

Garga

If I’m not mistaken I think by “stupid, arrogant, puppets…” he means KRG.
Let’s not have a premature conclusion and wait to see if he elaborates.

Rafik Chauhan

BARZANI KURDS SHOULD HAVE NOT WITHDRAWN AT ALL BCUZ BRAZANI KURDS HAVE ALREADY DECIDED TO KEEP ALL LIBERTED AREA BY FORCE ONCE THEY GET INDEPENDENCE. SO IRAQI ARMY AND GIVERMENT HAS TO TAKE STEPS OTHER WISE BARZANI ZIONIST KURDS WILL CREATE BASE FOR ISRAEL AND THE RESOUCSE WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM . AND THIS WILL CREATE BIG CIVIL WAR . BUT LUCKILY PUK AND MANY KURDS HAS REFUSE INDEPENDEB=NCE FROM IRAQ. THEY DONT WANT TO BE SLAVE OF ZIONIST/US

χρηστος

well you are correct that there are ties between Isreal and Barzani…..that will not end up well for the Kurds.

Justin

Yes and u know for a FACT that the Kurds would just hand over this land! The referendum was just a stalling tactic? u think Israel and the US don’t have major interests in creating a Kurdish state right next door to Iran’s Kurdish region!

This logic alone proves that ur statement is total bullshit!

Im guessing are a butt hurt Ukrainian!

χρηστος

you didnt understand a thing i wrote…..i meant that it didnt have to come to this..i wrote it clearly…..

gustavo

A nightmare for USA-Israel, the union of Syria-Iraq-Iran. It could happen, and if it happened that would be very good for Arabian people.

Thegr8rambino

it MUST happen to ensure their survival!!!

Garga

The most idiotic lies come out of these puppets. There’s a website named ANF (it’s editor is apparently a Kurd from the Netherlands, sounds familiar?). It’s claiming PMU units attempted to rape 3 girls while they were fleeing the city (the Persian version) or were in their houses (English version), their father had a heart attack, the car went upside down, father died, a truck hit the car and all died. Translation: There’s no witness to this, but you accept it anyway, Shi’a, bad!

See for yourself:
https://anfenglish.com/news/hashd-al-shaabi-forces-attempt-rapes-in-tuz-khurmatu-22777

You’ll also find so many other hilarious “news” on this site.

DJ Double D

They should continue until they reach the 2003 border line and then ‘pinch into their territory proper’ to punish them for being too brave.