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Iraq
Mosul Offensive News
2017-03-29


Kurds forces back ISIS attack, kills 4 suicide boomers

Sinjar (IraqiNews.com) Kurdish Peshmerga forces have killed four suicide bombers after encountering an attack launched by the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Sinjar town, a source from the troops said on Tuesday.

“The Islamic State launched an attack against a Peshmerga site east of Sinjar region,” the source told Alsumaria News, adding that the troops were able to face the attack and kill four suicide bombers.

“Two of the bombers blew themselves up without losses,” the source, who preferred anonymity said.

Sinjar, located northwest of Baghdad, was captured by IS in August 2014, before being retaken in November 2015 by Iraqi forces backed by US-led coalition airstrikes.

Peshmerga forces have actively engaged in the security campaign against Islamic State militants, mainly in areas where sovereignty is disputed with the central government in Baghdad.

The Kurdish troops occasionally face attacks by IS militants at its sites. The forces had fought on the Iraqi government’s side in the operations in eastern Mosul which launched in October and ended with the retaking of the region late January.

Iraqi government troops are currently struggling to clear western Mosul from Islamic State militants, and commanders say they have become in control over 50 percent of that region.

Four residences destroyed in airstrike in western Mosul

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Local source revealed that four houses have been destroyed by an air strike, targeting Islamic State’s headquarters, on Hawi al-Kanisah area, in western Mosul, Shafaaq News reported on Tuesday.

The sources said in a press statement that an air strike, which was targeting a headquarters belonging to the Islamic State group, destroyed four houses inhabited by civilians in Hawi al-Kanisah area, in western Mosul.

The inhabitants were buried under the debris of their destroyed houses, the sources added. The warplanes that carried out the air strike were not identified.

Iraqi forces and US-led international coalition were criticized due to the fall of hundreds of civilian casualties by air strikes and explosions in the last few days.
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Iraqi militia destroys ISIS mortar detachment

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Al-Hashd al-Shaabi troops destroyed on Tuesday Islamic State’s mortar detachment, southwest of Mosul.

“The 33rd brigade of the troops were able to destroy a mortar detachment of IS in Mosul desert,” spokesperson of al-Hashd al-Shaabi said on Tuesday.

The spokesperson added that IS was going to target the troops through the detachment, saying that the troops “targeted it and destroyed their weapons after hours of watching them.”

Mosul is the Islamic State’s last stronghold in Iraq. Eastern Mosul was recaptured from IS in January, after a US-backed offensive was launched in October. A new offensive started in February to retake the west.

Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, also known as Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which consists of 66 militia groups, is considered one of the largest militias in Iraq. It was established in 2014 by a fatwa (religious edict) to fight the Islamic State.

In late 2016, the Iraqi parliament recognized the militia as a national armed force.

3 ISIS Big Turbans die in western Mosul airstrike

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) US-led international coalition air force carried out on Tuesday an air strike, west of the city of Mosul, killing three senior leaders of the Islamic State group.

Iraqi Ministry of Defense said in a press statement that the international coalition aircraft managed to destroy a headquarters belonging to the Islamic State in al-Tenk neighborhood, in western Mosul.

The air strike was carried out based on accurate intelligence information, and resulted in the killing of three elite leaders of the Islamic State, the statement added.

The killed leaders are the IS official of military intelligence in Wilayat Ninewa Ahmed Mazen (Abu Awda), a Norwegian national, the Sharia official Ibrahim al-Shaafi (Abu Khattab), an Egyptian national, and recruitment official Mohamed Abdel Rahman (Abu Hashem), a Belgian national, the statement explained.

Today, Iraqi Army Aviation managed to destroy several targets of the Islamic State terrorist group by air strikes, in western Mosul.
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