Iraqi Troops Kill 42 Daesh Terrorists South of Mosul

By Staff, Agencies

A senior military spokesman said Iraqi troops managed to kill over 40 Daesh terrorists [the Arabic acronym for takfiri ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group] in Mosul in a major operation backed by the Arab country’s Air Force Unit.

In a statement on Monday, Iraq's Joint Operations Command [JOC] spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said that 42 Daesh terrorists were killed in the region of Ain al-Jahesh in southern Mosul on Sunday.

Several ringleaders of the terror group were also among the dead, he added, the online Arabic-language Ray al-Youm website reported.

Rasool further said that remote-controlled bombs, weapons, and other ammunition were seized during the security operation.

Daesh began a terror campaign in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes in lightning attacks.

After three years of fierce fight, former Iraqi prime minister Haidar al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against the terrorist group and the end of its territorial rule in the country on December 9, 2017.