2 gunmen captured in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi special forces (SWAT) arrested on Tuesday two gunmen in a security operation in western Mosul, according to a security source. “Acting on a tip-off, special forces (SWAT) arrested today (Jan. 26) two gunmen, one of them is carrying a Syrian nationality, in al-Rabiaa district, western Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “One of the detainee is a 40-year-old Syrian and his name is Yousef Shishan Sayah, while the other man is a 36-year-old Iraqi,” he added. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 2