Coalition airstrike kills 3 IS officials in western Mosul
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Military Intelligence Directorate announced, on Saturday, killing the Islamic State officials of communications, defense detachments and commando, in an air strike carried out by the international coalition aircraft, in western Mosul.
The directorate released a statement saying that based on information obtained from the Military Intelligence Directorate, US-led international coalition targeted via an air strike a vehicle carrying a number of the Islamic State foreign leaders in the intersection of 17 Tammuz and Mushayrafa, in western Mosul.
The air strike resulted in the killing of three Islamic State officials including the communications official Abu Huzaifa, Russian nationl, defense detachments official Abu Tamara, Chechen national and commando official, known as al-Matuni, the statement added.
Iraqi security forces are going through fierce battles to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State terrorist group, after the announcement of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to start an offensive, in 19 February 2017, to retake the western side of the city.