(7 Dec 2016) Iraq special forces captured a new neighbourhood on Wednesday from the Islamic State group in eastern Mosul, according to a senior commander — the latest gain in a massive military operation now its seventh week.
The commander of a joint operations centre that oversees the Mosul campaign, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarellah, said in a statement that troops had "fully liberated" the al-Elam neighbourhood and raised the Iraqi flag over its buildings.
Yarellah added that IS militants "suffered losses" without elaborating.
The announcement came hours after an overnight attack carried out by IS militants against Iraqi security forces in the southeastern part of Mosul, a day after troops advanced deeper into that part of the city, an army officer said.
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