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| Iraq |
| Mosul clearance continues: turbans murder 40 good guys, turban mouthpiece tied up |
| 2018-06-20 |
| Around 40 civilians, security personnel killed by Islamic State in three days, south of Mosul Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) At least 40 civilians and security personnel were killed and injured by Islamic State militants in three days, south of Mosul, the London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper reported. The group increased its attacks over the past three days. It focused on the open areas and roads that surround Mosul, in order to be easy for them to withdraw after carrying out the ambushes, the newspaper quoted security sources as saying on Tuesday. These ambushes left at least 40 civilians and security personnel killed and injured by the militants. According to the sources, the group depended on carrying out the ambushes swiftly and taking advantage from the desert and agricultural nature of these areas to enable them move quickly. Some of the ambushes were carried out without vehicles, so the militants withdrew while the vehicles were near to transfer the kidnapped people, the sources added. Islamic State’s media official apprehended in Mosul Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi security forces arrested on Tuesday a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in Mosul city, the Security Media Center announced. “Nineveh police arrested today the so-called media affairs official of the terrorist Islamic State group in the Tel Roman district on the western side of Mosul,” Iraqi website Alghad Press quoted the center as saying in a statement. The center gave no further details about the identity of the terrorist. Islamic State militants have run several media outlets propagating their operations and even publicizing executions of civilians and security members since they took over a third of Iraq in 2014 to proclaim a self-styled “caliphate” in Iraq and neighboring Syria. But many of the group’s mouthpieces seemed to fade out gradually as Iraqi forces took over territories held by the militants. |
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