Wide-ranging security operation launched west of Mosul: PMF

Security

12-10-2022, 12:04

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INA- Baghdad

The Popular Mobilization Forces PMF announced on Wednesday the launch of a large-scale security operation west of Mosul.

A statement by PMF, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), said that "a joint force of the army and the 21st and 53rd Brigades within the Nineveh Operations Command and the detachments of the intelligence assistant in the Popular Mobilization Forces, began today, a large-scale security operation to search the mountains of Sheikh Ibrahim in the district of Tal Afar west of Mosul."

The statement added, "The operation aims to search for the remnants of Daesh hiding in valleys and tunnels, and work to demolish them to prevent their exploitation again."