Iraqi army Mosul HQ mortared

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Six mortar shells have fallen on a military unit headquarters in eastern Mosul, leaving no casualties, an Iraqi army source said on Wednesday. “On Wednesday evening, six mortar shells landed on the headquarters of Regiment 1, Brigade 7 in al-Intisar neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “No casualties have been reported,” the source noted, providing no further details. 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). SS (P)/SR 1