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An Iraqi soldier inspects a tunnel used by the Islamic State (ISIS) in al-Sahaji, Iraq on September 3, 2019. Photo: Facebook/Falcon Intelligence Cell
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi security forces killed nine Islamic State (ISIS) militants in a village southwest of Mosul on Tuesday.
Brigadier general Yahya Rasoul, the spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, tweeted the news of the operation in the al-Sahaji area on Tuesday. Iraqi military intelligence , Iraqi forces in the Nineveh province, and the US-led international anti-ISIS coalition air forces participated in the attack, according to Rasoul.
The Falcon Intelligence Cell confirmed the death of nine ISIS militants in southwestern Mosul on Tuesday through a Facebook post.
Mosul was occupied by ISIS in the summer of 2014 before its liberation by Iraqi, Kurdish, and international coalition forces in the summer of 2017. Iraq announced victory over the group in December of that year.
However, remnants of ISIS have returned to earlier insurgency tactics of ambushing security forces, kidnapping, executing suspected informants, and extorting money from vulnerable, rural populations, particularly the disputed Iraqi-Kurdish territories and other parts of the north.
According to a US Department of Defense report to the US Congress published in August, ISIS are “working to rebuild their capabilities” in Iraq and Syria.
“ISIS is rebuilding in remote territory, which is hard for Iraqi forces to secure,” the report said, and is “able to recruit in these areas [Iraq’s northern and western provinces] using family and tribal connections.”
ISIS released a video on Monday on one of their channels on the encrypted Telegram messaging service where the group renewed their vows to target Iraqi forces.
In the video, a militant named Abu al-Miqdad al-Iraqi proclaimed ISIS will fight on as he is surrounded by masked men with weapons in a desert area.
Iraq launched the Will of Victory operation to fight ISIS remnants in the north and west of Iraq on July 7. Until now, the Iraqi forces have conducted four phases of the operation, including near Mosul.
Brigadier general Yahya Rasoul, the spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, tweeted the news of the operation in the al-Sahaji area on Tuesday. Iraqi military intelligence , Iraqi forces in the Nineveh province, and the US-led international anti-ISIS coalition air forces participated in the attack, according to Rasoul.
Our forces in the Falcons Intelligence Unit, in coordination with the Nineveh Operations Command & supported by @CJTFOIR aircrafts, eliminated 9 terrorists who were hiding inside a tunnel in al-Sahaji, southwest of Mosul. Our forces continue to impose security & stability.
— يحيى رسول | Yehia Rasool (@IraqiSpoxMOD) September 3, 2019
The Falcon Intelligence Cell confirmed the death of nine ISIS militants in southwestern Mosul on Tuesday through a Facebook post.
Mosul was occupied by ISIS in the summer of 2014 before its liberation by Iraqi, Kurdish, and international coalition forces in the summer of 2017. Iraq announced victory over the group in December of that year.
However, remnants of ISIS have returned to earlier insurgency tactics of ambushing security forces, kidnapping, executing suspected informants, and extorting money from vulnerable, rural populations, particularly the disputed Iraqi-Kurdish territories and other parts of the north.
According to a US Department of Defense report to the US Congress published in August, ISIS are “working to rebuild their capabilities” in Iraq and Syria.
“ISIS is rebuilding in remote territory, which is hard for Iraqi forces to secure,” the report said, and is “able to recruit in these areas [Iraq’s northern and western provinces] using family and tribal connections.”
ISIS released a video on Monday on one of their channels on the encrypted Telegram messaging service where the group renewed their vows to target Iraqi forces.
In the video, a militant named Abu al-Miqdad al-Iraqi proclaimed ISIS will fight on as he is surrounded by masked men with weapons in a desert area.
Iraq launched the Will of Victory operation to fight ISIS remnants in the north and west of Iraq on July 7. Until now, the Iraqi forces have conducted four phases of the operation, including near Mosul.
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