Description
Added on the 17/10/2016 18:45:59 - Copyright : AFP EN
Iraqi troops advance on eastern Mosul, continuing their assault on Islamic State’s last major stronghold, as the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi releases an audio tape saying he is confident of victory. Ashraf Fahim reports.
Church tower bells are ringing again in the city of Bartella near Mosul after it was recaptured by Iraqi forces. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani discuss fight against militants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes Hissein Brahim Taha, head of the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Moscow. During Taha's three-day 'working visit', the pair will touch upon 'the escalating international situation' and its effects on developing countries, according to a preliminary statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes the Prime Minister of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Masrour Barzani to Downing Street. IMAGES
Al-Humaydat, Jun 13 (EFE/EPA).- The Iraqi authorities announced Sunday that they have dug up the bodies of 123 people believed to be killed by the Islamic State (IS) group from a mass grave site near west of Mosul. Two mass graves with over 500 bodies of victims killed and buried by the IS group were found near the Government Badush prison in Mosul, said the Nineveh's Governor, Najm Al-Jubouri.Badush prison was attacked by IS in June 2014, some 650 Shiite inmates had been killed, the authorities knew of the grave since 2017 when local inhabitants indicated its existence, but wanted to make sure to have the necessary forensic teams to properly identify the victims. Mosul region was under IS control between 2013 and 2017. (Camera: AHMED JALIL).SHOT LIST: IRAQI FORENSIC TEAM INSPECT THE MASS GRAVE SITE IN THE AL-HUMAYDAT VILLAGE, WESTERN MOSUL CITY, 500 KM NORTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
