Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces detonated a car bomb parked near a church in Talkeef district on Christmas Eve. "At 09:00 p.m. today, police forces set off a car bomb that was intended to target al-Mashriq Church...," the head of Talkeef's council, Darman Sulayman, told Aswat al-Iraq. Preparations were underway inside the church for Christmas Mass, scheduled to be held tomorrow morning. No casualties or damage were reported, Sulayman added. Talkeef district is 15 km north of Mosul.