Iraqi Security Troops Eliminate Senior Daesh Leader in Mosul

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The  leader, known as Abu Muhajir al-Rusi, and possibly of the Russian origin, was eliminated  as a result of  an artillery strike on a command post in  in the so-called Old City district of Mosul, according to the police.

“A precision artillery strike guided by aerial drones killed two Daesh leaders, including field commander nicknamed Abu Muhajir al-Rusi and  six of his aides,” Abdurrahman al-Abidin, advisor to the head of the Iraqi federal police said.

Mosul city has been taken by Daesh, prohibited  in many countries, including Russia, since 2014. The operation to regain  it began on October 17, 2016 and resulted in the freedom  of Mosul’s eastern part this January, but fighting goes on  in the city’s western areas. The operation to free  it began  on February 19.