Iraqi soldier killed by armed men in Mosul, north Iraq:

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi soldier has been killed by a group of unknown gunmen in northern Iraq‘s Mosul city on Saturday, according to a security source. “An Iraqi soldier has been killed on Saturday morning, when a group of armed men opened fire on him close to his house in western Mosul, before they escaped to an unknown destination,” the security source said, adding that the victim had been on leave. Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, is 405 kms to the north of Baghdad. PT / SKH 297