3 ISIS Bad Guys die in western Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State elements were killed during their attempt to cross the Tigris River from the Old City of Mosul, Nineveh police said.
“Police forces managed to kill a Saudi and Chechen IS elements while they were attempting to cross the Tigris River to the eastern side of the city,” Wathiq al-Hamadani, Nineveh Police chief, told Bas News.
“The forces also killed the IS booby-trapping official, Amer Saleh Ibrahim, in the Nineveh Plains area while he was crossing the river,” he added.
Al-Hamadani noted that the security forces are deployed around the banks of the Tigris River to kill the remnants of the group who are still hiding in Mosul’s Old City and other areas.
Security forces had arrested several IS members hiding among migrating civilians in both the eastern and western sides of Mosul. Western officials warned that IS will try to launch attacks after losing their last stronghold in Mosul last Monday.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, declared on Monday victory in the city of Mosul over IS, ending an eight-month campaign backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary forces.
The victory in Mosul ended an eight-month campaign backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary forces.
9 die in suicide attack in western Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A police officer and three soldiers were killed while handling Islamic State suicide bombers in a liberated western Mosul district, an informed security source said.“Five IS militants, wearing suicide belts, sneaked into al-Tanak district, south of Mosul, and hide in three houses,” Cap. Ammar Ali al-Seraji, of the Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response forces’ intelligence department, told Anadolu agency on Thursday.
“As security troops besieged the houses, where the militants were hiding, clashes began. One of the attackers was able to blow himself up, causing death of a lieutenant general officer and three other soldiers.” Seraji added. Troops were then able to kill the four other attackers.
Situation at Tanak, according to Seraji, is under control. The district has been retaken from IS more than two months ago.
On Monday, Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi declared victory over IS in Mosul, which marked the end of the group’s self-styled “caliphate” established in 2014.
Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State Sunni extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
More than 700 Iraqis were killed and wounded during the month of June as result of violence and armed conflicts, according to a monthly count by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) which excludes security members deaths.
ISIS sniper dies in Mosul
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) A famous British sniper fighting for the Islamic State was killed by anonymous attackers west of Mosul, a local source was quotes saying.Alsumaria News quoted the source saying that Abu Moussa al-Muhajer was killed, while an Australian companion was wounded when unknown ugnmen shot at them on the outskirts of Tal Afar, one of the group’s largest remaining havens in Iraq.
The pair was running a security patrol on a highway in the town, according to the source.
“Abu Moussa al-Muhajer gained his fame from his sharp remote sniping skills, which earned him the ‘sniper of the caliphate’ title,” the source said.
He added that there were between 20 and 30 British nationals fighting for the Islamic State in Tal Afar, some of whom fill senior ranks within the group.
IS held Tal Afar since 2014, when it took over Mosul and declared it the capital of its self-styled “caliphate”. Operations by pro-government paramilitary troops have so far isolated the enclave from the Syrian borders and from Mosul. It is a main target for the next Iraqi government operations against IS.
Tal Afar has seen occasional, mysterious killings of IS militants, with reports recurrently telling of serious divisions within the group’s members there.
On Wednesday, Hakem al-Zamili, chairman of the Iraqi parliament’s Security and Defense Committee, said Iraqi forces killed 28000 out of 30.000 foreign Islamic State fighters since mid 2013. His comments came two days after Iraq’s political and military leadership announced victory over IS in Mosul.
3 ISIS militants die trying to escape Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State elements were killed during their attempt to cross the Tigris River from the Old City of Mosul, Nineveh police said.“Police forces managed to kill a Saudi and Chechen IS elements while they were attempting to cross the Tigris River to the eastern side of the city,” Wathiq al-Hamadani, Nineveh Police chief, told Bas News.
“The forces also killed the IS booby-trapping official, Amer Saleh Ibrahim, in the Nineveh Plains area while he was crossing the river,” he added.
Al-Hamadani noted that the security forces are deployed around the banks of the Tigris River to kill the remnants of the group who are still hiding in Mosul’s Old City and other areas.
Security forces had arrested several IS members hiding among migrating civilians in both the eastern and western sides of Mosul. Western officials warned that IS will try to launch attacks after losing their last stronghold in Mosul last Monday.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, declared on Monday victory in the city of Mosul over IS, ending an eight-month campaign backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary forces.
The victory in Mosul ended an eight-month campaign backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary forces.