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| 174 ISIS Bad Guys die in Ninevah |
| 2016-12-18 |
| Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) We Are Coming, Nineveh Operations Command announced on Friday killing 174 members of the Islamic State, while trying to attack security forces in the province, as well as detonating their booby-trapped vehicles. Commander of the Operations, Lieutenant General Abdel Amir Yarallah, said in a press statement, “Federal Police troops continue searching and cleansing buildings and roads from explosive devices.” “Terrorists tried to attack the villages of al-Arbaj and al-Azba, but our troops managed to kill 22 of them, in addition to detonating two booby-trapped vehicles,”Yarallah added. Yarallah also revealed that troops of ‘We Are Coming, Nineveh’ Operations were able to advance into the neighborhoods of al-Intisar, Jadida al-Mofty, al-Salam, Younis al-Saba’wi and Falastine. In addition, Yarallah pointed out that the Islamic State’s terrorists launched an attack on the neighborhoods of al-Intisar and al-Salam using suicide bombers and car bombs, but their attack was foiled by security troops who also detonated three car bombs and killed 27 terrorists. Furthermore, Yarallah said that Counter-Terrorism forces managed to liberate the areas of al-Falah al-Oula, al-Falah al-Thaniyah and 40 other neighborhoods, and raised Iraqi flag over their buildings. He added that security forces thwarted IS attempted attack on the areas of al-Nour and al-Bakr and detonated five booby-trapped vehicles, as well as killing 100 terrorists. Another 25 terrorists were killed, and two car bombs were destroyed in Bawiza area by the infantry of the army’s 16th brigade,” Yarallah further added. Nineveh province is witnessing extensive military operations to retake the city of Mosul, which was occupied by the Islamic State in June 2014. |
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