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Ninevah Nightmares
Iraqi airstrike destroys 3 VBIEDs(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Police announced on Tuesday that three car bombs belong to ISIS were destroyed in an air strike carried out by the international coalition in al-Houd village, south of Mosul. “The international coalition launched an air strike on al-Houd village, south of Mosul, destroying three car bombs belong to ISIS. The car bombs were prepared to attack Iraqi security forces in Qayyarah area, south of Mosul,” The Police Command said in a press statement. “The airstrike completely destroyed the vehicles and killed the people inside,” the statement explained. “The international coalition also targeted gatherings of ISIS near Qayyarah and killed dozens of ISIS militants south of Mosul,” the statement added. Iraqi military forces are getting ready to recapture the city of Mosul next month after air strikes of the US-led coalition weakened ISIS defenses in the city. Dozens of ISIS Bad Guys die in artillery and airstrikes near Mosul [ARA News] DUHOK – Warplanes of the US-led coalition on Tuesday bombed ISIS headquarters in the vicinity of Mosul city, in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh Governorate, killing and wounding dozens of militants. “A key stronghold for ISIS on the road between Mosul and Khazir District was hit with a coalition airstrike. At least 28 ISIS fighters were killed and three armoured vehicles were destroyed in the air raid,” the head of Nineveh Media Centre Raafat al-Zarari told ARA News. “14 other militants were injured in the airstrike,” al-Zarari reported, citing an ISIS member. Also on Tuesday, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched an artillery attack on ISIS strongholds in the Bashiqa District north of Mosul. “The Peshmerga hit Daesh fighting positions in Bashiqa with heavy artillery, killing at least 11 militants,” Kurdish officer Bilind Shekaki told ARA News, using another acronym for ISIS. This comes as the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi army troops, backed by the US-led coalition, continue preparations for a major offensive to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS. Mosul, which has been under ISIS control since June 2014, is considered the main bastion for the radical group in Iraq. Posted by: badanov 2016-09-28 |
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