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On Thursday, the Iraqi Army and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) stormed the ISIS-held town of Riyad in the province of Kirkuk. The advance started following a full liberating of the important town of Hawija and the nearby Fatha and al-Harariat areas from ISIS.
The ISIS defense south of the Kirkuk provincial capital is rapidly collapsing under the pressure of th army and the PMU that had deployed a large force for the operation.
Pro-government sources say that government troops have liberated 98 villages and killed 196 ISIS members since the start of the second phase of Operation of al-Hawija Liberation.
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