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Anbar (Iraqinews.com) A security source said five women were arrested at Tal Afar district in Mosul while trying to infiltrate into the Iraqi-Syrian border.
They were taken to a police station for interrogation, the source told Baghdad Today website.
Thirteen security personnel killed in clashes with IS members, west of Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Thirteen security personnel, including a leader, were killed on Tuesday in an armed attack launched by Islamic State militants, west of Mosul, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported.
“Around 100 IS members launched an attack against military barracks and checkpoints of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in the desert region of Tal Sufuk, west of Mosul, near Iraqi-Syrian borders,” Cap. Sabhan al-Wardi, of the army, said.
“Clashes occurred between both sides for an hour, before the militants retreated back to the depth of the desert after military reinforcements from the army joined the PMFs,” he added.
“PMFs lost 13 fighters, including leader known as Abu Jaafar al-Tayyar. Some of their machinery were highly damaged,” according to Wardi. “Two trucks of the militants were found destroyed with blood on them, however, no bodies of the militants were found, which indicates that the group took back its victims and injured before retreating.”
Three people injured in bomb explosion at Mosul house
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) Three people were injured after a bomb exploded at a house in Mosul city on Wednesday, a security source told Shafaq News.
“Unidentified gunmen hurled a bomb at a house owned by a brother of an IS militant at al-Askari (military) district south of Mosul, injuring three people,” the source said.
Three Iraqi police members killed in blast west of Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Three Iraqi Federal Police members were killed in a blast that targeted their patrol in western Mosul, a security official was quoted saying Wednesday.
Rudaw quoted the Cap. Saad al-Jubouri, from the Federal Police, saying that an advanced explosive device exploded late Tuesday in a five-vehicle police patrol passing at Hakna, Zummar, west of Mosul, killing three members and wounding a fourth.
He said the road had been fully secured by the forces, suggesting that the bomb was recently planted.
Mass grave with relics of 50 people found in Nineveh’s Sinjar
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A mass grave containing the relics of at least 50 people was found in western Nineveh, according to a security source quoted on Wednesday.
Shafaq News quoted the source saying that security forces ran into the grave in Sinjar, northwest of Mosul.
The forces await expert teams to arrive and explore the finding, according to the source.
As Iraqi troops recaptured areas held by Islamic State militants since October 2016, they have regularly run into mass graves of civilians and security agents executed by militants for fleeing the group’s havens or collaborating with security forces.
Sinjar is the habitat of the Iraqi Yazidi religious minority, which came under the international spotlights after Islamic State militants took over the region in 2014, massacred and enslaved them in the thousands.