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Mosul Offensive News
Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) Thirty-three Islamic State militants and nine soldiers were killed when anti-terrorism forces stormed the district of Aden in Mosul, senior officer within the source told Anadolu Agency on Sunday. “Our forces began since yesterday (Saturday) to advance toward the district of Aden, one of the important neighborhoods for the group due to its strategic location,” Azzam al-Ebeidi, an anti-terrorism forces major told the agency. He said 21 soldiers were wounded, while two booby-trapped cars were detonated and two rocket launchers were destroyed. “The neighborhood hosts many of the group’s well-trained and highly-equipped elements,” according to al-Ebeidi, who said the forces were met with ferocious resistance from the militants who relied mainly on snipers and booby-traps to stymie the advancing troops. Iraqi forces, supported by popular militias and US-led air forces have killed hundreds of ISIS militans and liberated tens of villages on the outskirts of Mosul since operations launched mid October to recapture the city which fell in ISIS hold in 2014. ISIS shells liberated areas’ residents with mortar shells Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) Residents of a number of liberated areas in Nineveh province revealed, that the Islamic State extremist group is trying to take revenge against the residents by bombing them with mortar shells due to their collaboration with security forces, Alsumaria News reported on Sunday. Alsumaria News stated, “The residents of liberated areas said that the ISIS members who fled toward other neighborhoods after the arrival of security forces are trying to take revenge against the residents by shelling them with mortar shells,” pointing out that, “The remaining ISIS militants are attacking the liberated area from other areas that still controlled by them.” “The ISIS members are shelling the neighborhoods of Tahrir and Zahraa with mortar shells, as well as attacking these areas with booby-trapped vehicles from nearby neighborhoods such as al-Nahda in the western coast of Mosul,” Alsumaria explained. The residents also declared that a number of families started to leave their liberated houses and neighborhoods toward the IDP camps, due to the mortar attacks that resulted in the killing of many civilians and destruction of houses. Anti-Terrorism forces kill ISIS Wali in Hayy Adan in Mosul Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) ‘We Are Coming, Nineveh’ Operations Command announced on Sunday, that the so-called Wali of the Islamic State extremist group was killed by the Anti-Terrorism forces in Hayy Adan area in Mosul. Commander of ‘We Are Coming, Nineveh’ operations, Major General Abdel Amir Yarallah, said in a press statement, “Today, Anti-Terrorism forces killed the Wali of Islamic State in Hayy Adan, the criminal Marwan Hamed Saleh al-Hayali.” “The Anti-Terrorism forces also killed a number of terrorists in the area,” Yarallah added. Earlier today, Military Intelligence Directorate announced penetrating the ISIS ranks in central Mosul, and added that the members of the directorate are wandering in the streets of central Mosul and searching for ISIS militants. Anti-Terrorism forces liberate Hayy Adan and Akhaa near Mosul Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) The Anti-Terrorism Directorate said in a statement aired by the state-owned television that the Anti-Terrorism forces managed to liberate the areas of Hayy Adan, al-Akhaa and the water project in Mosul, within the eastern axis of Nineveh liberation operations. The directorate also said in the statement, “Security forces backed by Army Aviation and international coalition continue the liberation battle of the city of Mosul from the ISIS grip, after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced launching the offensive in 17 October 2016. Earlier today, Anti-Terrorism forces killed the Wali of Islamic State in Hayy Adan, the criminal Marwan Hamed Saleh al-Hayali, along with other terrorists in the area. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-21 |
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