17 ISIS elements killed by artillery shelling in Makhmour south of Mosul
Iraqi security forces fire a heavy artillery. File photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A security source in Nineveh province said Sunday, that 17 ISIS elements had been killed by an artillery shelling south of Mosul.
The source, who requested anonymity, said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The artillery [force] of the Iraqi army’s Fifteenth Division belonging to Nineveh Operations Command had shelled a convey for the ISIS in the village of al-Muhana in the district of Makhmour (80 km south of Mosul), resulting in the death of 17 [ISIS] elements.”
The source also added, “The shelling resulted in the complete destruction of the convey.”