MOSCOW (Sputnik) — While driving across Ninawa province, the oil tank trucks came under fire some 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Mosul, the provincial center and Daesh stronghold in Iraq, the source added.
"The entire convoy has been destroyed. A total of 12 Daesh terrorists were killed, several more were wounded," the source was cited by Alsumaria broadcaster as saying.
Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq and with a population of 500,000 people, has been controlled by Daesh terrorist grou for two years. Iraqi forces backed by Kurdish Peshmerga militia are currently preparing an assault on Mosul.
