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ISIS Underboss dies in airstrike in Kirkuk
(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – Iraqi media outlets revealed on Thursday, that ISIS Wali of Hawija was killed, along with 13 of his aides, by an air strike conducted by Iraqi Air Force, southwest of Kirkuk.According to Al Mada website, “The aircraft of Iraqi Air Force bombarded, at noon today, a gathering of ISIS members inside tunnels in Hawija district, killing ISIS Wali of Hawija, Abu Nasser al-Zawbaei, along with 13 of his aides, as well as destroying the tunnel completely.” “The air strike was carried out based on accurate intelligence information,” Al Mada added. Noteworthy, ISIS members have imposed their control over Kirkuk province, including the areas of Hawija, al-Riyad, al-Abbasi, al-Zab and al-Bashir village, after capturing Mosul, the center of Nineveh province. More from ARA News ERBIL – A prominent jihadi leader and Deputy Chief of Military in the Islamic State (ISIS) group was killed in an airstrike by the US-led coalition in northern Iraq, officials said on Thursday. Abu Jannat was killed in an air raid in Mosul city, in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh province. “He was responsible for military operations around Mosul and manufacturing chemical weapons,” said Col. John L. Dorrian, a US Air Force spokesman. “Daesh is under consistent pressure and will try to reconstitute. We’re not going to let them,” he said, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS. “The removal of Daesh propaganda minister Dr Wa’il has disrupted the illusion that things are going well for the group in Mosul,” Dorrian said. The US-led coalition said it had killed three ISIS commanders the last week, stepping on ISIS foreign fighters footprint. “Coalition strikes are relentless—hunting ISIS in Mosul and taking out their leaders on the battlefield,” the official spokesman said. According to Dorrian, the US-led coalition is prepping the battlefield to liberate Mosul “by removing ISIS leaders in Iraq and Syria”. 'I beheaded them, I cooked their heads, I burned their bodies': The 'housewife' tribal militia leader and grandmother who tops ISIS's most wanted list in Iraq
Posted by: badanov 2016-09-30 |
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