Resident has revealed that an Islamic State (IS) commander in charge of training camps was killed during a tactical attack in Mosul today.
Member of Mosul Youth Residence Movement Mohammed al-Ba’aj confirmed the news and said that his group targeted Abu Doua Souri in eastern Mosul. He was responsible for IS training camps and car bomb factories. “We killed him during a tactical attack on 11th May,” al-Ba’aj said.
He continued, “We have successfully carried out attacks during the last month and killed a number of prominent IS members.”
The Mosul Youth Residence Movement has used disputes among IS insurgents about Abu Bakir al-Baghdadi’s successor and other internal issues to conducted operations against the jihadists in their northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.
The incident will be welcome news for the Chancellor of Kurdistan Region’s Security Council, Masrour Barzani. He has previously stated that support inside Mosul is vital to liberate the city.
International coalition jets have been regularly targeting IS bases and leaders in the north and western Iraq. There are unconfirmed reports that IS leader Abu Bakir al-Baghdai was wounded during a strikes in western Iraq.