ISIS terrorists seized Mosul in June 2014 as they overran vast regions in northern and north-central Iraq, as well as in Syria. (AP File Photo)
Washington:
The US-led coalition fighting ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria conducted an airstrike in the Iraqi city of Mosul that destroyed the former Turkish consulate, an official said on Tuesday.
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said Monday's strike was carried out with the full cooperation of the Turkish government.
"ISIL repurposed the compound and used it as a headquarters for senior ISIL leaders, in addition to a bed-down location and weapons storage facility," he said, using an acronym for ISIS.
"That compound has now been destroyed by coalition aircraft."
ISIS terrorists seized the key city of Mosul in June 2014 as they overran vast regions in northern and north-central Iraq, as well as in Syria.
Mosul, in northern Iraq, lies some 50 miles (80 kilometres) west of the Kurdish capital Arbil.
The city holds special significance for ISIS as the location where its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed his "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria.
Iraqi forces are preparing for a battle to retake the city.
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said Monday's strike was carried out with the full cooperation of the Turkish government.
"ISIL repurposed the compound and used it as a headquarters for senior ISIL leaders, in addition to a bed-down location and weapons storage facility," he said, using an acronym for ISIS.
"That compound has now been destroyed by coalition aircraft."
ISIS terrorists seized the key city of Mosul in June 2014 as they overran vast regions in northern and north-central Iraq, as well as in Syria.
Mosul, in northern Iraq, lies some 50 miles (80 kilometres) west of the Kurdish capital Arbil.
The city holds special significance for ISIS as the location where its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed his "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria.
Iraqi forces are preparing for a battle to retake the city.
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