The Iraqi military has destroyed a number of tunnels north of Mosul that were reportedly used by the Daesh terrorist group. In a statement issued by Iraq’s Military Intelligence Directorate (MID), the army’s 20th Division conducted the operation.
The troops found and destroyed five tunnels packed with arms and ammunition in northern Iraq’s Badush Mountain region. The tunnels are said to have contained RPG launchers, Katyusha rockets, and mortar guns. The military equipment was subsequently destroyed while at least one Daesh militant was arrested during the operation.
Baghdad declared Iraq free of Daesh presence at the end of 2017 but the Iraqi army continues to carry out sporadic operations aimed and mopping out any and all sleeper cells remnants.
