While the operation the Iraqi Army Forces and the Peshmerga launched inches along, the local people have hanged Iraqi flags on former government buildings and central locations and started fighting ISIS gangs in Hamam Alî town located between Giyare and Mosul. The town’s residents, mostly Sunni Arabs, revolted against the gangs, encouraged by the Iraqi army entering Giyare. Local sources say many insurgents have lost their lives in the ensuing clashes and that the clashes are still ongoing.

Hamam Alî town is 30 km away from Mosul.