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Iraqi forces kick off major offensive to liberate Hit

Sunday, 03 April 2016 2:01 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 03 April 2016 6:01 AM ]

Iraqi Special Operations Forces drive their armored vehicles as they secure an area that they retook from the Daesh terrorists on April 2, 2016 in the village of Al-Mamoura, near Hit, a Euphrates Valley town located about 145 kilometres west of Baghdad in the western province of Anbar. AFP

Altaf Ahmad

Press TV, Baghdad

Iraqi forces have liberated some 30 percent of the Daesh-held town of Hit in Anbar province and opened up humanitarian corridors for civilians trapped inside. The troops have already retaken several regions south and north of Hit, killing at least 100 Daesh terrorists. According to Iraqi commanders, the liberation of Hit is part of a large offensive to recapture the Daesh stronghold of Mosul. Press TV’s Altaf Ahmed has embedded with the Iraqi government forces to send us this report.

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