Sunday, May 28, 2017

Ramadan Death Count: Iraq, 28/05/17

(Kirkuk) A Yemeni ISIS thug in charge of executing women was killed by unknown attackers in southwestern Kirkuk today.

(Mosul) Islamic State terrorists set fire to a public hospital in western Mosul and executed 12 people inside as Iraqi security operations reach the group’s final holdouts.

Iraqi Federal Police forces killed 14 Islamic State terrorists while invading the group’s last bastion in western Mosul; the Old city, whilst the army lost two of its officers who died during battles at the city.

At least 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed in a Islamic State ambush in western Mosul on Sunday, an Iraqi officer said. Scores of Islamic State terrorists attacked Iraqi forces, shortly after the latter seized control of Tibb al-Mosul town in the city's western side, the Rapid Response officer said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to media.

Iraqi warplanes killed 29 Islamic State terrorists and set free 24 civilians from the group’s captivity on Saturday as operations to recapture the city approach their end

(Northern Iraq) The Turkish military carried out 7 airstrikes on the Kurdish PKK  in the Avasin-Basyan region of northern Iraq killing 23 people.

(Iraq) Shaaban Nassiri a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed fighting ISIS west of the Iraqi city of Mosul.

(Salahuddin) Twelve Islamic State terrorists were killed when they launched an attack on Kurdish positions

(Baqubah) Three women were killed and 13 others were wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a security checkpoint at the entrance leading to the governorate’s building in central Baqubah.

Ramadan death toll now stands at 138.