Iraqi security forces started a military operation to liberate Amerly district in Salahuddin province from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists.
"The volunteers and the security forces supported by the air force started a military operation to liberate Amerly district from the ISIL terrorists," an informed source said.
"The operation will break the siege imposed over Amerly district," General Commander of Dijla Operations Command Abdulameer al-Zaidi stated.
Thousands of Turkmen Shiites have been under the siege of Takfiri militants in Tuz Khurmatu, Salahuddin province in Iraq.
Nearly 30,000 Turkmen residents are suffering lack of food and water due to the siege imposed by the so-called ISIL terrorists in Amerly town.
The ISIL militants have besieged the residents of Amerly for over 80 days now.
A local Iraqi official Abu Ali said that the central government has sent humanitarian aid to the region, but the aid consignments are insufficient because the terrorists have blocked many entries to the district.
The Turkmen Shiites also suffer from the power cut and medical treatment insufficiencies, Abu Ali warned.
ISIL militants besieged Amerly town on June 10, after they managed to occupy some villages in the area.
More than a hundred of Iraqi legislators have called for holding an emergency meeting to discuss the exacerbation of the situation in Amerly.