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| 25 ISIS Bad Guys die in Mosul airstrikes |
| 2016-04-10 |
| (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A source in Nineveh Operations Command announced on Saturday, that 25 ISIS fighters were killed by an aerial bombardment south of Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad). The source reported for IraqiNews.com, “Today the international coalition aircraft targeted two headquarters belonging to ISIS in the villages of al-Haj Ali and al-Mahana in Makhmur District (80 km south of Mosul), killing 25 ISIS members.” The source, who asked to remain anonymous, added, “The aerial bombing also resulted in the complete destruction of the two headquarters.” ISIS top security chief killed in Makhmour, Iraqi sources [Rudaw] A senior ISIS militant, known as Abu Aisha, was killed by the Iraqi forces in Kharabardan village near the town of Makhmour, 68km south of Erbil, according to an announcement from the Iraqi army on Saturday. Fazil Badr, also known as Abu Aisha, was in charge of the security affairs for the group. He was reportedly trying to target Iraqi soldiers in the town. Kharabardan along with two other villages were recaptured by the local forces over the past weeks but were exposed to heavy ISIS shelling Thursday night. Makhmour area has been widely patrolled by the Peshmarga forces fighting off ISIS militants in the neighboring Nineveh Plains since the radical group took over Mosul city in June 2014. The Iraqi army launched its long-anticipated battle for Mosul in Makhmour earlier this month. The US Marines also set up a firebase near the town to provide artillery support for the Iraqi army. |
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