16 wanted men arrested in Ninewa

Ninewa-Suspects NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces on Monday arrested 16 suspected and wanted men, including a Syrian, in two separate incidents in Ninewa, a security source said. “A force from the 3 rd division of the Iraqi army arrested a gunman during a security raid in al-Rabieaa district in west of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com, noting that the investigation unveiled he hold the Syrian nationality. “A police force arrested 13 suspected gunmen and two wanted men during a security operation waged in Mosul al-Jadieda and al-Zenjili regions in western Mosul,” the source added. 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