ISIS blows up runway of Mosul International Airport

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) On Thursday, the ISIS elements blew up the runway of Mosul International Airport and booby-trapped a number of main bridges, in an attempt to separate the right coast from the left coast of the city, a local source in Nineveh province stated.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “Elements of the ISIS group detonated the runway of Mosul International Airport after booby-trapped it with a large number of improvised explosive devices.”

The source added, “They emplaced explosive devices under a number of main bridges in the center of Mosul in preparation for detonation,” noting that, “This aims at isolating and separating the left coast from the right coast in case the security forces launched an attack on the city.”

It is noteworthy that Mosul International Airport, located 5 kilometers away from the city of Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad), is Iraq’s third-largest airports and was developed according to the international safety standards. It opened in 2008 after had been used by the US forces as a military base since 2003.