3 Big Turbans die in western Mosul airstrikes
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Three senior Islamic State members were killed in Iraqi army airstrikes that targeted their locations in a western Mosul district, according to the Iraqi military intelligence services.
The three were killed when airstrikes pounded al-Tanak district, according to information from the intelligence service.
Those include Yunus al-Jubouri, aka Abu Hajar al-Arabi, who was commanding suicide fighters, Azab Mamoud Taha, aka Abu Mohamed, who was in charge of drafting children fighters known as “Cubs of the Caliphate” and Sabah al-Mawla, aka Abu Aws al-Iraqi, who was the chief booby-trapping officer for the so-called “Nineveh State”.
Earlier strikes on Monday by the U.S.-led coalition at the same district had left four other senior members dead, according to the intelligence service. Those killed Monday included Mujahed (Abu Mostafa) al-Anzi, a Saudi national in charge of the “Zakat bureau”, and Hazem(Abu Qays al-Jubouri), a senior IS police official.
Iraqi government forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary troops, have been fighting IS since October to retake Mosul, the group’s largest stronghold which fell in militants’ hands in 2014. Iraqi and coalition commanders have reiterated that IS members numbers were diminishing with many senior leaders killed since operations launched to retake the western region in February.
Google Map at the link
Dozens of ISIS Bad Guys die in western Mosul airstrikes
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Dozens of Islamic State militants were killed on Tuesday while two shelters of the group were destroyed in a strike in western Mosul, according to War Media Cell.
“The army jets launched airstrikes against IS in al-Zengili and the train station regions, in western Mosul,” the cell said in a statement.
“The strikes left dozens of IS fighters killed,” it added
Iraqi jets targets the IS-held regions in west of Mosul on a daily basis leaving victims and injured.
In related news, nine IS members, including a Saudi national, were killed, a missile store was destroyed in an airstrike in Mosul.
“The airstrikes were launched depending on federal investigations and intelligence information,” the statement said.
“The strikes destroyed a missile store and killed nine militants, including a Saudi national in charge of the store, while they were inside the store located in Tammuz district, western Mosul.
Airstrikes pounded al-Tanak district earlier on Tuesday killing Yunus al-Jubouri, aka Abu Hajar al-Arabi, who was commanding suicide fighters, Azab Mamoud Taha, aka Abu Mohamed, who was in charge of drafting children fighters known as “Cubs of the Caliphate” and Sabah al-Mawla, aka Abu Aws al-Iraqi, who was the chief booby-trapping officer for the so-called “Nineveh State”.
13 ISIS REMFs die in western Mosul airstrikes
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A security source informed that 13 members of the Islamic State were killed, and their headquarters were destroyed by an airstrike in western Mosul, Shafaaq News reported on Tuesday.
The source said that the US-led international coalition bombarded, at morning today, five headquarters of the Islamic State group in the neighborhoods of 17 Tammuz, al-Refaei and al-Najjar, in western Mosul.
The aerial strike also resulted in the killing of 13 members of the Islamic State group, as well as destroying the headquarters completely, the source added on condition of anonymity.
Noteworthy, international coalition air force, Iraqi Air Force and Army Aviation are conducting several air strike on daily basis on the Islamic State headquarters, leaving dozens of casualties among the ranks of the terrorist group.