
“Operations in the Mosul west Old City have been halted on Thursday due to bad, rainy weather. We can’t advance without airstrikes cover due to the fog,” Reuters quoted an Iraqi Rapid Response unit as saying.A federal police officer confirmed the halt and said commanders were meeting to adjust their plans. “The new offensive plans should adapt with the difficult terrain of the complicated, narrow alleys,” he said. Federal Police Major General Haidar Dhirgham also said the complete liberation of Mosul to take at least a month. “I will not tell you one or two weeks, because that’s not true, but within one or two months it will be completely liberated,” he said.