Iraqi government troops recaptured the area of ??western Mosul al-Tenek, the main outpost of the terrorists IGIL in the captured part of the city from the Islamic state terrorist organization.

The army completely freed the region after the command announced control of more than 70% of the western part of Mosul, Iraqi News reports..

In turn, the Federal Police Command announced the release of 260 thousand civilians from the "power" of the militants Igil in the Old City of Mosul.

The troops liberated 260 thousand civilians and 4.5 families held by IGIL in the Old City. The militants used them as a "human shield," said a representative of the federal police, Lieutenant-General Sheiker Javdat.

In the Old City is the Grand Nouri al-Kabir mosque, in which the leader of the Islamic state, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, gave a "sermon" in 2014, announcing the rule of IGIL in Iraq and Syria.

Recall, on January 18, government forces of Iraq announced the expulsion of the IGIL fighters from the eastern part of Mosul and the establishment of complete control over the eastern bank of the Tigris River in the city.

On October 20, 2016, the Iraqi army, together with the Kurdish military formations of Peshmarga, launched a large-scale offensive operation against Mosul. The operation was supported by the troops of the international coalition led by the United States. Its goal is to drive out militants to the north and east of Iraq and the release of Mosul.