SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT

Peace in Palestine = Peace in the World

ADVERTISEMENT

SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT

ISIL Strengtenth Resistance in Mosul While Iraq Advances Moves

Rudi Hendrik - Friday, 21 October 2016 - 15:54 WIB

Friday, 21 October 2016 - 15:54 WIB

64 Views ㅤ

(Image: Al Jazeera)

Mosul, 20 Muharram 1438/21 October 2016 (MINA) – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) fighters put up stiff resistance while  Iraqi forces launched a third front in the offensive to take back Mosul.

In order to counter, ISIL fighters unleashing a wave of vehicle-borne suicide bombers, while leaving a deadly trail of hidden explosive devices, Al Jazeera reported.

Iraq’s government said on Thursday its soldiers advanced from the south and east, while Kurdish Peshmerga fighters moved in from the north and east on the country’s second-largest city, now under control of ISIL.

Attack helicopters strafed ISIL positions as Iraq’s special forces entered the town of Bartella, 15km east of Mosul’s outskirts.

Also Read: UN Security Council Demand Urgent End to Gaza Genocide and Famine

Major-General Fadhil Barwari said ISIL had few defences in the town, which was almost completely empty of civilians. “They just left some snipers and suicide car bombs.”

ISIL fighters drove at least nine suicide car and truck bombs against the advancing troops, eight of which were destroyed before reaching their targets, while the ninth struck an armoured Humvee, Lieutenant-Colonel Muntadhar al-Shimmari told The Associated Press news agency. (T/P001/R04)

 

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

Also Read: Israel Carry out Multiple Airstrikes on Damascus Countryside

Recommendation for you

BRICS Summit (photo: Anadolu Agency)
America
US President Donald Trump held pivotal talks with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (photo: Anadolu Agency)
International
International
Palestine
Middle East
Indonesia
Ilustration of regrets (photo: Pixabay)
Articles
Co-chair of the conference, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faisal bin Farhan makes a speech during the three-day International Palestine Conference, led by France and Saudi Arabia and attended by Turkiye at the United Nations Trusteeship Council in New York, United States on July 28, 2025 (photo: Anadolu Agency)
International
The dead body of 11-month-old baby Zeyneb Abu Halib, who died due to malnutrition, is seen at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 25, 2025. (Photo: Anadolu Agency)
Palestine
Israeli military aggression on Gaza (photo: Anadolu Agency)
Palestine
Indonesia