Three months into its operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul, US military officials say that upwards of 90 percent of the eastern part of the city has been cleared of ISIS militants. Dorrian’s announcement comes after it was revealed that Iraqi forces have also captured the Mosque of the Prophet Younis, or Jonah, after driving ISIS militants from a neighborhood in eastern Mosul. Dorrian said there are more than 750,000 Iraqi civilians still living in western Mosul, an area that ISIS militants still full hold. He added that he would not estimate when the operation to liberate western Mosul would begin. However, earlier on Tuesday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a statement on state TV that Iraqi forces had begun “moving” against ISIS militants in western Mosul, Reuters reported.

Source: Fox News January 17, 2017 14:30 UTC