Federal Police kills 5 ISIS elite leaders near Mosul Airport

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Federal Police Chief, Raed Shaki Jawdat, announced on Sunday, that his forces killed five elite leaders of the Islamic State extremist group (ISIS), including a Chechen leader, by a rocket shelling near Mosul Airport.

Jawdat said in a brief statement, “Federal Police forces killed five elite leaders of the Islamic State extremist group, including a Chechen leader, by a rocket shelling that targeted their headquarters in the hills of Abu Saif village near Mosul Airport.”

Joint security forces, backed by Army Aviation and international coalition troops, continue exercising efforts to liberate the city of Mosul from the ISIS grip, within the offensive that was launched in 17 October 2016 by General Commander of armed Forces Haider al-Abadi.