Seven Islamic State tunnels destroyed in Nineveh

At least seven tunnels belonging to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group were destroyed on Sunday in the Iraqi province of Nineveh.

The tunnel were destroyed during a military operation carried out by the Iraqi security forces in the town of Shaikh Ibrahim, in Nineveh.

Meanwhile, the forces also managed to kill a couple of militants in Mosul city, the statement said, noting that one of them was a suicide bomber.

The Islamic State was long time ago declared defeated in Iraq while the extremist group’s sleeper cells are still active in most liberated areas in the country.

Source: Basnews