Iraqi govt troops recaptured a mosque in western Mosul’s Old City and killed a senior Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Masri. He was a senior military commander at Bab al-Jadeed neighborhood.

On Sunday, Iraqi forces also arrested another senior IS leader Shaker (Hadoula) Dawood, Islamic State’s top intelligence official in Nineveh. According to the reports, he is a very important source of sensitive and vital information.