Mosul (Iraq), Sep 13 (IANS/EFE) The bodies of 25 Islamic State (IS) militants killed in an ambush by Kurdish forces were found near this city in northern Iraq, a Kurdish political leader said.
The ambush was carried out Thursday night on Mount Ain al-Safra, 17 km east of Mosul, according to Mohy al-Deen al-Mozouri, a leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party.
Members of Kurdish Peshmerga militias opened fire on an IS column as it approached the Kurds' encampment on the mountain, al-Mozouri said.
Once the sun rose Friday, he said, the Peshmerga fighters found 25 bodies of IS militants and recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition.
Mount Ain al-Safra is one of the Nineveh Plain's most strategic locations, with a topography that makes it ideal for defensive purposes.
Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, fell to IS in mid-June. The jihadi army has gone on to capture large swathes of territories across northern Iraq and in neighbouring Syria.
--IANS/EFE
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