Iraqi forces retake train station in Mosul

2017-03-15 04:47:56

(MENAFN) Iraqi forces said on Tuesday that they recaptured Mosul's train station, once one of the country's main rail hubs and the latest in a series of key sites retaken from the Islamic State (IS) group.

Meanwhile, federal police killed the military commander of the Old City, Abu Abdul Rahman al-Ansary, during operations to clear Bab al-Tob district, a federal police officer said. With many IS leaders having already retreated from Mosul, Ansary's death comes as blow to the militants as they defend their shrinking area of control street-by-street and house-by-house.

The Iraqi forces launched a major push last month to oust the IS militants from west Mosul, taking back a series of neighbourhoods as well as sites including the city's airport, the Mosul museum and the provincial government headquarters.

Some sites, including the museum, which was vandalised by IS militants, have been heavily damaged, and it will likely be a long time before trains are again plying the rails to and from Mosul.

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