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Mosul clearance continues: 8 turbans tied up, rubble bounced in 4 turban hideouts
 Eight Islamic State members arrested, west of Mosul: Interior Ministry Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Eight Islamic State members were arrested in west of Mosul, the Interior Ministry’s Security Media Center said on Tuesday. In a statement by the center, Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, spokesperson for the ministry, said Nineveh police “managed to arrest eight Islamic State members. All of them were fighting with the group, while it was in control of the city. They took part in battles against security troops.” The militants, according to the statement, “were arrested in al-Quds, Tes’ein and al-Intissar regions, west of Mosul.” Iraqi warplanes destroy four terrorist hotbeds of Islamic State in Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – Four terrorist hotbeds of Islamic State were destroyed Tuesday in the group’s previously proclaimed capital Mosul, Iraqi authorities announced. In a statement, quoted by Baghdad Today, the Iraqi Security Media Center said that the Iraqi Air Force launched an airstrike on Imam Gharbi village in Mosul, leaving four hideouts of Islamic State destroyed. “The operation also left two boats used by Islamic State militants destroyed,” according to the statement. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-15 |
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