Afrasianet - A military source in Iraq has confirmed military efforts to reclaim Qayyarah, a Mosul district, from ISIS in a dawn operation.
Counter-terrorism units are taking part in the operation alongside the Iraqi army.
Iraqi officials said the priority of the operation is to save and protect civilians in the area being used by ISIS as human shields.
The operations comes a day after six Iraqi civilians were killed when a bomb planted by the ISIS group went off as they tried to flee the Hawijah area, security officials said.
