The Erbil Province in the northern Iraqi Kurdistan region came under missile on Sunday, reports said.
The Erbil Province in the northern Iraqi Kurdistan region came under missile on Sunday, reports said.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces for their "victory" over Daesh after nearly nine months of urban warfare, bringing an end to jihadist rule in the city.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed liberation of Mosul and said that by continuing the ongoing approach in fighting terrorism, return of peace and stability to Middle East is quite possible.
An Iraqi commander expects to dislodge Daesh (Islamic State) from Mosul in May despite resistance from militants in the densely populated Old City district.
Iraqi forces fought their way into more districts of Mosul but advances in the city's southeast were being slowed by Deash's use of civilians for cover, military officials said on Tuesday.
Iraqi special Forces closed in on the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday, advancing in parallel with other troops and forcing Daesh to retreat in its last major stronghold in the country.
Thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga troops are involved in an offensive to regain formerly Kurdish villages near the ISIS-held town of Mosul, Kurdish officials say.