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Iraq
More Mosul Moslem Mayhem: 82 ISIS turbans smoked
2018-01-01

Backed by int’l coalition warplanes, Iraqi troops kill 17 IS militants in Mosul

Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Seventeen Islamic State militants were killed in a security campaign south of Nineveh, a police commander told Alsumaria News.

“Iraqi troops, backed by U.S.-led international coalition warplanes, have killed five Islamic State militants who were hiding inside an island in the Tigris River near Albu Saif area in southern Mosul,” Nineveh police chief Birg. Gen. Watheq al-Hamadani said on Sunday.

“After the attack, another 12 IS militants tried to escape but the U.S.-led coalition warplanes managed to kill all of them,” Hamadani said, adding that the clampdown was launched under the supervision of Nineveh Operations Commander Maj. Gen. Najim al-Jabouri.

Joint troops kill 60 Islamic State militants at southern Mosul island

Mosul (Iraqinews.com) – Sixty Islamic State militants were killed in a security campaign south of Mosul on Sunday, a security source said.

“The Iraqi army, police and Popular Mobilization Forces have been launching a wide-scale security campaign since Saturday evening, targeting Islamic State militants stationed in an island between al-Shumaisat and Albu Seif villages in southern Mosul, leaving 60 of them dead,” a source with the Nineveh Operations Command told Al-Arab newspaper.

“Dozens of IS militants were arrested while others fled the scene to Yaremja city,” the source said, adding that the clampdown was launched after receiving reports of a plan by IS militants to attack the eastern and southern parts of Mosul.

“Search is still underway for other IS militants,” the source concluded.

Mass grave with relics of 25 security personnel found, north of Mosul

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Relics of more than twenty security personnel were found in a mass grave in north of Mosul, a security source from Nineveh Operations Command said on Sunday.

“Security troops from the command ran into a mass grave composed of relics of 25 conscripts of local police, who were executed by Islamic State in al-Rashidiya region,” the source told Baghdad Today.

“The relics were recognized by the identity cards with them,” the source added.

The relics, according to the source, were recovered by security forces and extradited to forensic medicine department so their relatives would recognize them.

Five IS militants killed as paramilitary troops repulse attack, west of Mosul

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary troops have repelled an Islamic State attack in west of Mosul, killing five militants, a military source said on Sunday.

“Troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] managed to repulse an attack by IS, killing five members in Baaj, west of Mosul,” the source told Baghdad Today.

“Troops were deployed at borders of the town fearing further attacks,” the source added.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Unfortunately some were captured
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-01-01 11:45  

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