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| Iraq |
| Ninevah Nightmares |
| 2016-08-17 |
| ISIS Top Dawg dies in Ninevah (IraqiNews.com) Mosul – Kurdistan Democratic Party official confirmed on Tuesday that the ISIS ‘Minister of Media’ was killed during a military operation carried out by Peshmerga forces for liberating villages east of Mosul. Media official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Saeed Mamouzini said, “ISIS has transferred about 165 bodies of its members to the city of Mosul and among the dead was also the body of Abu Ahmed al-Shami, ISIS ‘Minister of Media’.” Iraqi forces capture 4 Ninevah villages (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Media officials with the Ministry of Defense announced that the Anti-Terrorism Forces liberated four villages in Qayyarah, situated to the south of Mosul, and raised the Iraqi flag. The officials, in a statement received by Iraqi News, said, “This morning, Anti-Terrorism Forces liberated al-Hawish, al-Jawa’na, al-Jubla and al-Ghazeya villages in Qayyarah from ISIS control and raised the Iraqi flag over the buildings there.” “Anti-Terrorism Forces have inflicted heavy losses on ISIS- both in terms of men and material. Security sources have gradually cordoned off the areas in and around al-Jad’a village near Qayyarah center as they prepare to invade further deeper to the city,” the statement added. 6 ISIS Turbans eat dirt in Ninevah (IraqiNews.com) Mosul – International coalition aviation’s air crafts on Tuesday launched an airstrike on an ISIS site in Mosul, killing a number of militants. Nineveh Police officer Colonel Ahmed al-Jubouri said, “Coalition aircraft stepped up overflights over Mosul to confuse the ranks of the organization and cut off supplies that are expected to be sent to the frontier for continuing fighting at the outskirts of the city.” Al-Jubouri added, “Coalition jets bombed a building used by ISIS members north of Mosul, killing six of them.” 25 ISIS troops die in Sinjar (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A security source in Nineveh province informed that 25 ISIS members, including suicide bombers, were killed while they launched an attack on the security forces on the outskirts of Sinjar district. Sharing details about the incident with Iraqi News the source said, “This morning Peshmerga forces repulsed an ISIS offensive near the cement factory on the outskirts of Sinjar, northwest of Mosul. In the repulsive attack, 25 ISIS members including two suicide bombers were killed.” “Peshmerga forces destroyed a number of ISIS vehicles and mechanisms in the attack,” the source added. |
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