5 wanted men arrested, bomb defused in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi army forces on Tuesday detained five wanted men during a security operation in northern Mosul, according to a security source. “A force from the 3rd brigade of the Iraqi army on Tuesday (Jan. 20) waged a security raid in al-Qahera neighborhood in northern Mosul, where it arrested five wanted men,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not add more details. Meanwhile, the same source said that the force managed to defuse a roadside bomb in al-Arabi neighborhood in northern Mosul, noting that the operation ended without casualties. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is located 405 km north of Baghdad.   SH (P)/SR 1