BARTALLA, Iraq, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Iraqi forces have retaken the
entire eastern side of Mosul from the Islamic State group, the head of
the Counter-Terrorism Service announced on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference in Bartalla, a town east of Mosul,
Staff General Talib al-Sheghati announced “the liberation… of the left bank” of the Tigris River that divides the city.