"The villages of Al-Nomaniyah and Al-Nimrud and the ruins of Nimrud were recaptured," Staff Brigadier General Saad Ibrahim of the 9th Armoured Division told AFP.
"Atkaroti Nomanijas un Nimrūdas ciemati, kā arī Nimrūdas [senpilsētas] drupas," paziņoja 9.bruņotās divīzijas virsnieks Saads Ibrahims.