Islamic State Forces Prevent Iraqi Military Gains in Western Mosul's Ras Al-Jadah

In the wake of Iraqi media reports indicating that US airstrikes accidentally targeted Iraqi federal police on March 25 in western Mosul, Islamic State fighters engaged Iraqi forces in street-to-street fighting in the city’s Ras al-Jadah area.

Following the unintended airstrikes on March 25, pro-IS media reports claimed that at least eight Iraqi soldiers were killed, and that a military vehicle was destroyed, in an IS ambush attack in Ras al-Jadah on March 26. Credit: Amaq News