12 wanted men arrested in Ninewa

Ninewa-Wanted NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces on Monday arrested 12 wanted men in separate areas of Ninewa, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said. “A force from the 3 rd division of the Iraqi army arrested six wanted men in Zemar district in Talafar, west of Mosul,” Brig. Khaled Abdul Sattar told IraqiNews.com. “Another force from the same division detained three wanted men in Beaaj district in west of Mosul,” he added. “The border guards brigade clashed with three gunmen before arresting them in Sinjar district, west of Mosul,” he also said. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum. SH (S)/SR 1