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Mosul clearance continues: 19 tyrbans tied up, another mass grave found
 Iraqi security: 15 Islamic State militants apprehended in Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi security forces arrested 15 members of the terrorist Islamic State group in Mosul city, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. “Acting upon intelligence reports, Nineveh police arrested 15 Islamic State members in different parts of Mosul, for whom arrest warrants were issued,” Almaalomah website quoted the ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Saad Maan as saying. He added that eight of them were arrested while giving money to some Mosul families. The arrests were made in the eastern and western sides of Mosul, the spokesman further said. Bodies of over 50 Islamic State members found, south of Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Bodies of 51 Islamic State members were found inside a mass grave, near a military base in Qayyarah region, south of Mosul, a security source from Nineveh police said on Monday. Speaking to BasNews, Cap. Iyad Ziyad said “security troops found the bodies of Islamic State members including Russian, Turkish, Afghan and Syrian militants.” The militants, according to Ziyad, “were killed by members of the militant group due to fleeing battles.” Nationalities of most of the dead ones were recognized, he added. Iraqi interior ministry says captured four IS militants in Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Monday arresting four Islamic State militants in Mosul’s eastern side. “Nineveh police personnel have arrested four members of the terrorist Islamic State group in Aden district in Mosul’s eastern side,” Iraqi website Alghad Press quoted spokesman for the Interior Ministry Maj. Gen. Saad Maan as saying. “One of the arrestees was working for the Islamic State’s so-called Zakat Diwan,” Maan said, adding that two others took part in the fierce attacks against security forces in Mosul. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-17 |
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