Sources: Top ISIS Commander Killed in Mosul
By Euan McKirdy, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ingrid Formanek, CNN
Terrorism • November 2016 • Views: 1,762
Irbil, Iraq (CNN)A senior ISIS commander has been killed in the battle for Mosul, Iraqi military intelligence sources tell CNN.
Mahmoud Shukri al Nuaimi, a senior figure in the militant setup who also is known as “Sheikh Faris,” was killed in a coalition airstrike in western Mosul on Tuesday, the sources said. ISIS confirmed his death in a video montage, in which he is referred to as “the martyr of the battle.”