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Mosul Offensive News
32 ISIS Turbans die in airstrikes(IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army jets have killed 32 Islamic State militants west of Mosul, military intelligence said Sunday as government forces and volunteer militias continue to close in on the group’s last major foothold in Iraq. Meanwhile, he volunteer-turned-official militias, al-Hashed al-Shaabi, say they had liberated 15 villages in the latest round of operations. “Army air forces, in collaboration with al-Hashd al-Shaabi, targeted ISIS havens with airstrikes that left 32 terrorists killed,” said the statement. It added that seven vehicles belonging to the group. Jawad al-Tleibawi, a senior leader at al-Hashd al-Shaabi, said Sunday that a fifth round of operations by the militia, which launched on Friday, resulted in the recapture of 15 more villages. The next target is the village of Tal Abta, another stronghold for ISIS. Iraqi army forces, backed by popular militias and US-led air forces, continue a major campaign that launched in mid October to liberate Mosul, ISIS’s last bastion in Iraq. Popular militias said recently that victories over the extremist group practically isolated the province of Nineveh from the rest of Iraq as well as from escape routes to Syria. ISIS has reportedly been losing ground, lives and equipment since the start of operations, with many of its prominent cadres reported as either dead or fugitive. 126 ISIS militants Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Military, police and anti-terrorism forces have so far killed 126 Islamic State militants during operations on Sunday to liberate the city of Mosul from the extremist group, military media and commanders said. Abdel Wahab al-Saedi, a top commander of the Iraqi anti-terrorism forces, said that the forces killed 40 militants at the districts of al-Kahera and al-Masaref, east of Mosul, after they tried to obstruct the troops. Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell reported 54 ISIS deaths in airstrikes on al-Masaed neighborhood south of Mosul. The strikes destroyed two booby-trapped vehicles and five fighters carriers. Earlier on Sunday, Iraqi military intelligence reported that Iraqi army jets had killed 32 Islamic State militants west of Mosul. Iraqi government forces, popular volunteer militias and US-led air forces continue successful advancements to clear ISIS’s last stronghold in Iraq as part of a major campaigned launched by the government in October. Recent operations have rendered the province of Nineveh isolated from the rest of Iraq, and deprived the group of its supply lines and escape routes from and to Syria. Iraqi aircraft destroy bomb factories in Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Media officials with the Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday, that Iraqi F16 fighter jets destructed an explosives factory and a tunnel, north of the city of Mosul. The officials said in a press statement, “Iraqi F16 fighter jets, based on accurate intelligence information, carried out an air strike, resulting in the destruction of an explosives factory, two tanks and a tunnel in Chelikhan area in the northern axis of Mosul.” Iraqi joint forces continue the operations to liberate the province of Nineveh completely from the Islamic State that imposed its control on the province in June 2014. 5 ISIS commanders die near airport in rocket artillery attack Prolly waiting for that 4:15 flight to Rio (IraqiNews.com) Federal Police Chief, Raed Shaki Jawdat, announced on Sunday, that his forces killed five elite leaders of the Islamic State extremist group (ISIS), including a Chechen leader, by a rocket shelling near Mosul Airport. Jawdat said in a brief statement, “Federal Police forces killed five elite leaders of the Islamic State extremist group, including a Chechen leader, by a rocket shelling that targeted their headquarters in the hills of Abu Saif village near Mosul Airport.” Joint security forces, backed by Army Aviation and international coalition troops, continue exercising efforts to liberate the city of Mosul from the ISIS grip, within the offensive that was launched in 17 October 2016 by General Commander of armed Forces Haider al-Abadi. Iraqi forces continue attacks in Mosul [AlManar] Iraqi counter-terror forces liberated on Sunday three neighborhoods from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group in Mosul city. “Heroes of counter-terror agency fully liberated Al-Amen, Sheqaq Al-Khadraa and Sheqaq Al-Karama neighborhoods and raised the Iraqi flag over their buildings, and seized control over the old radio of Mosul,” a statement by the Iraqi Military Media said. Morever, the US-led anti-ISIL international coalition destroyed an ISIL vehicle killing its crew members, including the terrorist leader Chechen Abu Anas in the south eastern axis of Mosul, and destroyed three canon platforms. In a similar development, Iraqi counter-terror troops managed to liberate Cairo neighborhood in north-east of Mosul, as well as the civic hospital north of the city. Earlier on Saturday, Iraqi Federal Police liberated a village in south east of Mosul and managed to control the road linking between Mosul and Tal Afar, according to FP commander Gen. Raed Jawdat. ISIL seized large Iraqi areas in June 2014. Iraqi army and Popular Mobilization Forces, along with US-led coalition, launched a wide-ranging campaign in October 17, 2016 to liberate the Iraqi territories from ISIL. Posted by: badanov 2016-11-28 |
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