Bombings in North of Iraq Kill Dozens of Extremists

Baghdad, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) Dozens of combatants of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) died during bombings by the US-led international coalition, when they were trying to leave the northern city of Mosul, a military source reported today.

Aircraft of the coalition attacked boats on the Tigris River that carried extremists that were fleeing the neighborhood Al Rashidiya, in the northeastern area of the city, one of the last redoubts in the eastern zone, according to commander of operations in the province of Ninive, the capital of which is Mosul, General Nayem al Yaburi.

That action is part of the military offensive started in October against the extremist group based in the Iraqi northern area.

The general was not able to specify the exact number of fundamentalist combatants that died in that attack.

Al Yaburi confirmed that the Iraqi Army raided this morning the neighborhood Al Rashidiya, still under control of the IS, and continue its operations to complete its liberation.

The Tigris River dives the city of Mosul into two sides, one of which is still occupied by the extremists.

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