ERBIL, Iraq — The Islamic State group executed 25 people in Mosul on Thursday on charges of spying and leaking information to the US-led coalition, according to sources in the ISIS-held city who claimed to have observed the killings.
According to the witnesses, those executed were accused of leaking information to Peshmerga and Iraqi intelligence services about ISIS military bases that had reportedly been bombarded by coalition forces in recent days.
Last week, the coalition carried out intense bombing runs on ISIS bases in northern of Iraq.
On Thursday, a convoy consisting of military vehicles equipped with heavy artillery was also destroyed by airstrikes.
According to the witnesses, those executed were accused of leaking information to Peshmerga and Iraqi intelligence services about ISIS military bases that had reportedly been bombarded by coalition forces in recent days.
Last week, the coalition carried out intense bombing runs on ISIS bases in northern of Iraq.
On Thursday, a convoy consisting of military vehicles equipped with heavy artillery was also destroyed by airstrikes.
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