Commander of Iraqi Nineveh operations, Maj. Gen. Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri, said Sunday the battle to liberate Mosul have so far killed two thousand armed men of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group, including the main leaders.” Jubouri said that “preliminary tolls of the ongoing ...
Suicide bombers driving ambulances packed with explosives detonated their vehicles at a checkpoint and a car park for Shi’ite pilgrims in two Iraqi cities Sunday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The twin attacks took place in Tikrit and Samarra, as Iraqi troops and security forces ...