09 July 2017•Update: 10 July 2017
By Ibrahim Salih and Serhad Shaker
NINEVEH, Iraq
Iraqi forces battling the Daesh terrorist group on Sunday reached the banks of the Tigris River in the Old City of Mosul.
In a statement, Lieutenant General Abdul-Amir , head of the Joint Operations Command, said the elite anti-terrorism forces captured -Maydan district in western Mosul.
"Our forces have reached the Tigris riverbanks and are advancing on al- district, the last target of the anti-terrorism forces," he said.
State television said Iraqi forces have raised the Iraqi flag on the Tigris riverbanks.
Daesh militants still hold a small pocket near the Tigris River, which divides Mosul into two spheres.
Since October, the Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, have been trying to dislodge Daesh from Mosul, the terrorist group's last stronghold in northern Iraq.
