More ISIL Commanders Break Allegiance with Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Nineveh

TEHRAN (FNA)- Several more ISIL commanders in Nineveh province declared that they have broken allegiance with their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a bid to show their opposition to the suicide attacks of the terrorist group, informed security sources disclosed.

"A number of ISIL commanders have brought to a halt the terrorist group's suicide attacks after breaking their allegiance with their leader in Nineveh province," the Arabic-language media outlets quoted an unnamed security source as saying on Sunday.

The source reiterated that after the move by the ISIL commanders the rift has widened among the ISIL commanders.

In a relevant development in mid-January, Vice-Chairman of Nineveh Province Council Nouralddeen Qablan disclosed that ISIL's commanders are seriously worried about the recent victories of the Iraqi forces in Mosul battlefields that have intensified disunity among the terrorists.

Qablan said that recent victories of Iraqi forces against terrorists in Mosul have had negative impacts on ISIL terrorists' unity.

He further added that the widening gaps and increasing differences have incited infighting among ISIL members and pushed the group's foreign commanders into a state of confusion.

The Mayor of Iraqi city of Mosul said earlier today that there are currently only four to seven districts left to declare Eastern Mosul free from ISIL militants.

Hussein al-Hajem made the announcement in a statement as field reports said the Iraqi forces has come closer to victory over the extremist group in half of the city.