The Iraqi air force killed six leaders of the IG
In the result of air strikes by Iraqi aircraft managed to destroy six of the leaders of the terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation), informs television channel Al Sumaria, citing military intelligence.
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According to the channel, among the killed in Mosul leaders was a Russian citizen Abdul Karim al-Rusy, nicknamed Abu Samir, who led the “Battalion of Tariq Ibn Ziyad”.
It is also known that among the other dead commanders — terrorists of France (Abu Mehaf), the UK (Abu Hafs), Turkey (Abu Jamal) and Morocco (Abu Saleh and Abu Dua al-Maghribi).
Iraqi government forces are continuing the operation to liberate the Western part of Mosul.
For her time the armed forces have fought off ISIS for more than two thirds of the city and blocked the terrorists
A radical change in the course of the offensive occurred in early March. In 2014, the third largest city of Iraq was under the control of the IG and was considered its unofficial capital.