13 ISIS elements killed in artillery shelling in Qayyara south of Mosul
Iraqi security forces fire a heavy artillery. File photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – An informed source in Nineveh Operations Command said on Saturday, that 13 ISIS elements had been killed in an artillery shelling by the army forces south of Mosul.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said in a brief statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The Iraqi army’s Artillery Regiment shelled, this morning, gatherings for ISIS in the villages of Sultan Abdullah and Tal al-Sha’ir in the district of Qayyara (60 km south of Mosul), resulting in the death of 13 ISIS elements,” adding also that, “The shelling resulted in the destruction of a number of [ISIS] shelters.”