Iraqi soldiers
© AP Photo/ Felipe DanaIraqi Special Forces soldiers celebrate after reaching the bank of the Tigris river as their fight against Islamic State militants continues in parts of the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 9, 2017
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced on Monday that Iraqi security forces had finally liberated the second largest Iraqi city after months of fighting Daesh (a terrorist group outlawed in Russia).
"Today, the clashes escalated in the areas of Al-Shahwan and Al-Maidan, several soldiers were wounded," a military source told Sputnik.
According to the source, the security forces have not been able to advance in these areas yet, despite the fact that fighting has been taking place for the third day already. He also said that the militias from the suburbs of Mosul had moved out to reinforce the group of security forces.

Military helicopters are constantly performing combat and reconnaissance missions assisting the servicemen from the air.

Mosul fell under control of terrorists in 2014 and was since then the key terrorist stronghold in Iraq. The operation to recapture the city was launched in October 2016 by the Iraqi troops backed by the US-led international coalition. The eastern part of the city was liberated in January.