'Mosul battle to conclude within next few days'

The Iraqi military announces the capture of another neighborhood from Daesh terrorists in Mosul’s Old City.

The Iraqi military command says it retook the neighborhood of al-Faruq. There are ongoing fierce clashes taking place in the Old City. Earlier, government troops repelled a major counter-attack by the Takfiri group. The terrorists deployed a large number of bombers to three districts west of the Old City. Iraqi officials say the affected areas were quickly brought under control. The terrorists have been cornered to about one-and-a half-square kilometers of territory in the Old City, the large major bastion where Daesh holds a presence. Iraqi forces have recaptured all other districts in Mosul.