Heavy Fighting in Mosul; 396 Killed in Iraq

by | Jun 15, 2017 | 0 comments

At least 396 were killed and seven were wounded:

In Mosul, 50 civilians were killed in an airstrike. Eleven policemen were killed and one was wounded when 50 suicide bombers staged an attack that allowed them to retake ground; six civilians were also killed. An airstrike killed a policeman and wounded six more. Security forces killed 241 militants in Shifa.

Thirteen militants were killed near the Syrian border.

At least a dozen militants were killed in airstrikes in Tal Afar.

Near Haditha, at least a dozen militants were killed.

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.

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