Scores of IS militants reported killed in Iraq

Mosul (Iraq), Oct 9 (IANS/EFE) At least 220 militants of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical organisation were killed at dawn Thursday when their convoy was attacked by planes of the US-led international coalition in northern Iraq, the head of security in Nineveh province, Mohamed Ibrahim al-Bayati, told Spanish news agency Efe.

Al-Bayati said the convoy included more than 25 vehicles transporting fighters, weapons and military equipment, which had left the Rabia area west of Mosul, bordering Syria, bound for Ramadi, in the western province of Al Anbar, a jihadi stronghold.

He added that several IS leaders were among those killed in the airstrikes, in which dozens more were wounded.

The international coalition also launched airstrikes early Thursday on several IS headquarters in Mosul as it resumed its offensive after a brief lull during the Muslim festival of Eidh al Adha, killing dozens of militants, Nineveh Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi said.

US, British and Dutch planes took part in the raids.

--IANS/EFE

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