US coalition: 1363 ISIS fighters killed Since launch of Mosul battle
US troops in Iraq. File Photo
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The United States-led military coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria said Thursday that 1363 fighters from the militant Islamist group were killed since the coalition and joint Iraqi forces launched a campaign to liberate the city of Mosul in October.
Iraqi joint forces, assisted by US aircraft and popular Iraqi militias, continue a weeks-old campaign to liberate the city of Mosul, ISIS’s last stronghold in Iraq, regularly reporting successes towards the clearing of the whole city.
On Wednesday, Yan Kubish, UN special representative to Iraq, said during a UN Security Council briefing that the UN mission had recorded 58000 deaths in Iraq since ISIS took over Mosul in 2014 and until September 2016.
According to Kubish, since the beginning of January 2016, and until 30th of September, at least 4446 civilians were killed and 9387 were wounded.