’ISIL’ Kills 18 Members over Contacts with Kurdish Fighters
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The Takfiri "ISIL" militant group had reportedly executed 13 of its own members in Iraq's northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk who contacted Kurdish Peshmerga forces and planned to surrender.
"The militants were Arabs that joined "ISIL" after the group took control of their area," the source said. "So far, more than 10 "ISIL" militants have surrendered to Peshmerga forces in the area."
On February 11, "ISIL" killed 23 of its own members by firing squad in the city of Tal Afar, located 420 kilometers [260 miles] northwest of the capital, Baghdad.
An unnamed local source said the executed militants had escaped clashes with Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Wana, located around 40 kilometers [24 miles] northwest of the city of Mosul, and Wadi Noran district.
A day earlier, on February 10, "ISIL" executed 13 fellow Takfiris after they suffered defeat during an offensive in Kirkuk Province.
Moreover, on February 5, China's English-language Global Times newspaper, citing an unnamed Kurdish security official, reported that a Chinese "ISIL" militant had been "arrested, tried and shot dead" by the terror group in Syria in late September.
The execution came after the Chinese citizen became disillusioned with the Takfiri group and decided to return to Turkey.
"Another two Chinese militants were beheaded in late December in Iraq, along with 11 others from six countries," said the Kurdish official, adding that the "ISIL" terrorists "charged them with treason and accused them of trying to escape."
"ISIL" started its campaign of terror in Iraq in early June 2014. The heavily armed militants took control of the country's northern city of Mosul before sweeping through other parts of the country.
Iraqi soldiers, police units, Kurdish forces, volunteers and tribesmen had succeeded in driving the "ISIL" terrorists out of some areas in Iraq.
Sources: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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