An Iraqi attack helicopter crashed Wednesday south of the Mosul battlefield, killing all four crew members, security officials said. “During an army aviation mission this morning, an aircraft crashed due to a technical failure,” the Joint Operations Command coordinating the fight against the ISIL Takfiri group said in a statement. ...
The Iraqi troops liberated on Tuesday Ma’ared area and a shopping mall on the eastern coast of Mosul city from ISIL terrorist group. The advance was reported in a statement which added that the Iraqi forces raised the national flags over the area’s buildings.