Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Sunday the start of a military operation to drive ISIS from the western side of Mosul, which is currently still under the group's control. 
"We announce the start of a new phase in the Operation codenamed 'We are Coming Nineveh' to liberate the western side of Mosul," al-Abadi said in a statement, according to independent Iraqi news portal Alsumaria News. 
"The advancing forces are seeking to liberate people before land," he added. 

Source: QNA