Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al Abadi has called on the US-coalition forces providing aerial support to prevent ISIL terrorists in the battle of Mosul fleeing the region towards Syria.
Reports announce the latest changes between the warring sides in the battle for Mosul: Iraqi army, volunteer Shia and Sunni forces, Kurdish Peshmerga forces against ISIL terrorist group who have been held the city since 2014.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says all obstacles in the way of the expansion of cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the European Union must be removed.