IS leader killed in coalition airstrike in western Mosul
[Iraq News] An Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
leader was killed on Thursday at al-Shefaa district while destroying an IS headquarters in western djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, the military intelligence service has declared.
"The international coalition fighter jets have killed IS leader called Abu Luqman al-Aafri in al-Shefaa district, located near al-Najjar district in western Mosul," the service said in statements. "The jets also bombarded a headquarter for the group in the same area."
Earlier on Thursday, Iraqi army said that only four districts were remaining to recapture the western flank of the city from the Islamic State.
In the Old City, Federal Police previously announced the troops approach by 300 meters toward the Grand Nuri al-Kabir mosque, killing dozens of Islamic State murderous Moslems.
The murderous Moslem group has lost dozens of its leaders since the start of western Mosul operations.
IS members killed as troops approach toward Nuri mosque in Mosul’s Old City
[Iraq News] Federal Police Command has declared killing dozens of Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
murderous Moslems, as the troops advanced by 300 meters toward the Grand Nuri mosque in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
’s Old City.
"Our troops in the Old City launched limited attacks and approached by 300 meters toward Nuri mosque from Qadhib al-Ban side," Lt.Gen. Shaker Jawdat, chief of Federal Police, said in statements on Thursday.
The Grand Nuri al-Kabir Mosque is the place at which Islamic State’s supreme leader His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us...
gave his famous sermon in 2014 declaring the establishment of the group’s rule in Iraq and neighboring Syria.
4 districts left to capture in western Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi army said Thursday that only four districts of western Mosul were left to recapture from the Islamic State as government forces continue to clear the group’s last remaining entrenchments in the region.
Sabah al-Nuaman, a spokesperson of the army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service, said the forces had managed to take over “Daesh’s (Islamic State) core” by retaking al-Tenek district, where 500 militants were killed in security assaults.
He added that only four neighborhoods are between security forces and overall recapture of the western region of Mosul.
Iraqi government forces, backed by a U.S.-led international military coalition and paramilitary troops, recaptured eastern Mosul in January and launched another offensive in February to retake the west.
The coalition estimates the remaining IS fighters in Mosul by less than 1000, and Iraqi officials say the group currently controls less than seven percent of Iraqi territory.
The most remarkable military activity is currently focused around the ancient Old City region, the area from where IS supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of the group in a famous sermon.
Government troops, backed by Popular Mobilization Units, also launched an offensive on Tuesday to retake al-Hadar region, west of the city, and recaptured several villages and an ancient area there since then.
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Iraqi militias capture village in western Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Pro-Iraqi government troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi have declared liberating the cemetery in al-Hadar region as well as Tureitaa village in the north of the region, in western Mosul.
“The forces freed the cemetery in Hadar,” the media service of the paramilitary troops said on Thursday.
“The troops also liberated Tureitaa village in the northeast of Hadar,” the service added.
Earlier on Thursday, the troops advanced toward the center of Hadar to storm it.
The troops announced on Wednesday recapturing three villages of Im Kreiz, Ghanem al-Awwad and Harraj in al-Hadar.
The offensives, which entered its third day, resulted in retaking 17 villages and strategic areas as well as the archaeological area.
In the Old City, Federal Police announced the troops approach by 300 meters toward the Grand Nuri al-Kabir mosque, killing dozens of Islamic State militants.
Earlier this month, Iraqi troops claimed the recapture of 70 percent of the western region and that IS members were only in control over less than seven percent of territory in Iraq.
Eastern Mosul was retaken in January after three months of battles between Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition and the paramilitary troops. A major offensive was launched in February to recapture the western side.
ISIS Big Turban dies in western Mosul airstrike
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State leader was killed on Thursday at al-Shefaa district while destroying an IS headquarters in western Mosul, the military intelligence service has declared.
“The international coalition fighter jets have killed IS leader called Abu Luqman al-Aafri in al-Shefaa district, located near al-Najjar district in western Mosul,” the service said in statements. “The jets also bombarded a headquarter for the group in the same area.”
Earlier on Thursday, Iraqi army said that only four districts were remaining to recapture the western flank of the city from the Islamic State.
In the Old City, Federal Police previously announced the troops approach by 300 meters toward the Grand Nuri al-Kabir mosque, killing dozens of Islamic State militants.
The militant group has lost dozens of its leaders since the start of western Mosul operations.
Eastern Mosul was retaken in January after three months of battles between Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition and the paramilitary troops. A major offensive was launched in February to recapture the western side.
Iraqi troops were said to be in control over 4000 kilometers of the city, according to the U.S. State Department last week.
Coalition officials had estimated the number of remaining IS militants in Mosul by less than 1000.
20 civilians die in western Iraq airstrikes
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Nineteen civilians were killed as international coalition jets bombarded the Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Middle East Online reported.
“Nineteen civilians were killed in an airstrike launched by the international coalition against al-Islah al-Zeraei district, in western Mosul, which is still controlled by IS,” Ahmed Elwan, an activist based in the freed regions in Mosul, quoted an anonymous military source as saying.
“The shelling fully destroyed two houses that were used by IS militants to target the Iraqi troops from their rooftops,” Elwan said adding the victims are still under debris.
In related news, “a civilian was killed, while three others were injured due to a missile attack launched by Iraqi troops against al-Zanjili region, in west of Mosul, still under IS control,” Elwan added.
No comments have been made yet by either the Iraqi troops or the coalition led by the U.S. regarding the two accidents.
Iraqi forces as well as the US-led international coalition have always been criticized due to the fall of hundreds of civilian casualties by air strikes and explosions in the last few days.
A major offensive was launched in February to retake the western side of Mosul. The eastern flank of the city was retaken in January after three months of battles.
Iraqi forces capture al-Hadar again
Iraqi forces on Thursday retook the town of Hadhar, southwest of Mosul, on the third day of an operation that saw them wrest back a nearby UNESCO-listed ancient city, a statement said.
Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces said they had flushed ISIL terrorist group out of Hadhar, which lies 120 kilometers (80 miles) from Mosul.
The top army commander coordinating the six-month-old offensive to retake the Mosul area from the terrorists, Staff Lieutenant General Abdulamir Yarallah, said the “Hashed al-Shaabi forces fully liberated Hadhar town in record time.”
He was quoted in a statement from the Joint Operations Command as saying that the Iraqi flag was raised above key buildings in the town following a battle during which “heavy losses” were inflicted on the terrorists.
The Hashed forces, which are dominated by Iran-backed militia groups, had retaken the nearby archaeological site of Hadhar on Wednesday.
The ancient city is one of the heritage jewels of Iraq and was damaged by ISIL after they took over large parts of the country three years ago, although the extent of the destruction remains unclear.
Source: AFP