Iraqi forces killed five "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) gunmen in an operation in al-Khabata village near al-Qayyara in Ninawa province, the Ninawa Operations Command said Friday (September 9th).
"Forces from the Iraqi army’s 15th Division’s 92nd Brigade destroyed an ISIL mortar in al-Khabata in southern Ninawa, and killed five of the group's elements who were targeting the army forces using the mortar," the command said in a statement.