The militia advance means local Islamic State forces are surrounded in a pocket between the eastern outskirts of Mosul, where Iraqi troops are pushing into the city against fierce resistance, and the Tel Afar area.
Zemessardzes panākumi nozīmē, ka "Islāma valsts" spēki tagad atrodas katlā starp Mosulas austrumu rajoniem, kur, sastopot sīvu pretestību, cīnās Irākas armija, un Tell Afaras apvidu.