4 wanted men arrested in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Thursday arrested four wanted men during a security raid in western Mosul , a security source said. “The forces waged a crackdown operation in 17 Tamouz neighborhood in western Mosul , where they arrested four wanted men,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The operation was based on intelligence information,” he added, noting that an amount of TNT was found during the operation. He did not give further details. 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) 1