ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A source inside Mosul said ISIS militants have detonated explosives on the road to Mosul International Airport in a bid to prevent coalition forces from using the route.
“Out of fear of an expected massive assault on Mosul against ISIS, the group’s militants launched a pre-dawn blast on the route to Mosul International Airport in the neighborhood of Zaghlan, south of the city, with the aim of stopping coalition forces that may use the airport to hit ISIS bases inside Mosul,” Saaed Mamuzini, a Kurdistan Democratic Party official in Mosul, told Rudaw.
Mamuzini added that following the destruction of the Mosul Museum there is a risk the militants would destroy the ancient city of Nimrod, some 30 km south of Mosul.
“Out of fear of an expected massive assault on Mosul against ISIS, the group’s militants launched a pre-dawn blast on the route to Mosul International Airport in the neighborhood of Zaghlan, south of the city, with the aim of stopping coalition forces that may use the airport to hit ISIS bases inside Mosul,” Saaed Mamuzini, a Kurdistan Democratic Party official in Mosul, told Rudaw.
Mamuzini added that following the destruction of the Mosul Museum there is a risk the militants would destroy the ancient city of Nimrod, some 30 km south of Mosul.
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