ISIL slows advance on Mosul with suicide bombs, IEDs

By World Tribune on November 6, 2016   BB Middle East, Exclusives, Iraq, Mideast, Rest of The Best, Syria, Terrorism, World Links, World Tribune  

by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL) use of car bombs and human shields has slowed Iraq’s advance on Mosul. ISIL has deployed waves of suicide car bombs, as well as mortar attacks, roadside bombs and sniper fire against the advancing Iraqi army. “We are carrying out the toughest […]