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9 ISIS Turbans die in attack in Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have thwarted an attack by Islamic State militants against southeast of Mosul, a military official said.“Four armed groups of IS attacked on Tuesday evening an armed attack against Hushter and al-Khattab regions in Qarraj town in southeast of Mosul,” Brig. Gen. Wael al-Bahadli, of the army’s third brigade, told Anadolu Agency. The militants, according to Bahadli, “clashed with deployed troops for 40 minutes, before the Iraqi forces managed to defeat them.” “The army killed nine militants and destroyed an armored vehicle and three others laden with weapons,” he added. “The militant group’s target was to control the road linking between Makhmur region, southeast of Mosul with Kirkuk desert, in order to move freely in this region,” Bahadli said. Iraqi army troops, according to him “started a wide-scale security campaign at Hushter and Khattab to comb them of any infiltrators.” Posted by: badanov 2017-11-22 |
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