Iraqi forces killed, on Saturday, the official in charge of training IS's snipers on the right side of the city of Mosul, while the commander of operations, "coming to Nineveh," Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rashid Yaarallah, announced the recapture of al-Seiha district from the grip of IS.
 
An official security source stressed that anti-extremism forces had taken control of nearly 90 % of al-Tanak district, west of Mosul, adding that it could be fully controlled in the coming hours.

Iraqi troops have declared taking over al-Sihha al-Thaniya district from Islamic State in western Mosul. "The army’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) freed al-Sihha al-Thaniya district in western Mosul," Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah, commander of the Nineveh operations, said in a statement on Saturday. "The forces raised the Iraqi flag on its buildings after losses in lives and property were inflicted on the enemy," he added.

Local residents confirmed that coalition aircraft launched raids on the right coast, especially in the northern regions, with bombs that caused strong vibration to the left coast, noting that this is the first time that the people on the left side strongly felt the bombing. A coalition military source said coalition aircraft destroyed a weapons cache in an air strike on a house in the Hawi al-Qanisa area, northwest of Mosul.

A Kuwaiti in charge of training Islamic State snipers was killed Saturday in airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, according to the Iraqi military intelligence service. The service said in a statement that Abu Abdullah al-Kuwaiti was killed in strikes that targeted the southern area of al-Sihha district, western Mosul.

On the other hand, Al-Hashd al-Shaai militia announced, on Saturday, foiling an attempt made by the Islamic State to sneak into Makhoul area, north of Salahuddin Province. Al-Hashd al-Shaabi media office said in a statement that the intelligence of the 25th brigade foiled an attempt made by the Islamic State group to sneak into al-Sheikh Ali Village in Makhoul area. Forces from al-Hashd al-Shaabi’s brigade, in coordination with the 99th brigade, managed to foil the attack.

The MP of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Brywan Khailani, criticized on Saturday the statements made by the leader of the National Alliance, Ammar al-Hakim, in Egypt, on the independence of the Kurdistan region from Iraq, asserting that the right of independence is a historical merit, not motivated by Israel.
 
She considered, in a statement, in response to Hakim's statements that Israel is the only entity that will recognize the state of Kurdistan, as an indirect accusation to the Kurds that Israel drives them to self-determination, calling him to provide an explanation for this statement.
 
She described Hakim's statements as shocking and painful, and an affront to the blood of the Kurdish people. Khailani pointed out that these statements strengthen and confirm the conviction of the Kurds in the way they took to end marginalization and exclusion.