Iraqi forces repel Islamic State offensive south of Mosul, 38 killed

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Iraqi forces repelled an offensive launched in the early hours of Saturday by Islamic State on the Sunni town of Shirqat, south of Mosul, during which 38 military and civilians were killed and about 40 more wounded, security sources said. Islamic State lost 24 fighters in the attack, which ended around midday, the sources said. About half the dead in the city and its surroundings were civilians and the rest members of the Iraqi armed forces and Sunni tribal fighters.

June 11, 2017 at 01:35AM

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