4 soldiers wounded in Mosul

Ninewa-Soldiers NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Four Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Tuesday in two separate incidents in northern and eastern Mosul, an Iraqi army source said. “Three soldiers were wounded when an explosive charge went off targeting an Iraqi army convoy near al-Ghabat bridge in al-Arabi neighborhood in northern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “Another soldier was injured when a sniper opened fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint in al-Bekr neighborhood in eastern Mosul,” another army source said. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum. SH (S)/SR 1