By Mohamed MostafaNineveh (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State’s supreme leader has stripped group commanders in eastern Mosul of leadership due to dramatic losses to Iraqi government forces over the past two weeks, a local source has reported. Since then, reports have been recurrent about divisions, infighting and accusations of treason among the group’s leaderships. Iraqi military and police commanders have said recently they became in control over 90 percent of the eastern region of Mosul, and hope to move onwards to the west, where IS still maintains outstanding strongholds, and where Baghdadi is widely believed to shelter. On Saturday, Iraqi troops have retaken the Mosul University campus, the most remarkable IS stronghold in eastern Mosul. READ MORE OF THIS STORYSOURCE: News Now/ Iraqi News(Visited 19 times, 19 visits today)Commentscomments

Source: GNN Liberia January 15, 2017 13:36 UTC