Smoke rises from the village of Shwah, south of the city of Tal Afar on the western outskirts of Mosul, on December 13, 2016, as Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary units advance towards the village during an ongo
NINEVEH, Iraq: Nine members of the same family were killed Tuesday in a U.S.-led coalition airstrike in Mosul amid a major offensive to recapture the northern Iraqi city from Islamic State terrorist group.
Iraqi police officer Sabhan al-Makholi said a missile fired by an unmanned drone struck a house in al-Falah district, which was recently captured by Iraqi forces from IS in eastern Mosul.
“Nine family members were killed in the attack,” he told Anadolu Agency.
U.S.-led coalition warplanes have been striking IS targets in Mosul from the air as part of an ongoing offensive to retake the IS-held city.
Iraq’s second largest city in terms of population, Mosul -- along with vast swathes of territory in both northern and western Iraq -- was overran by IS in mid-2014.
Iraqi officials have vowed to recapture Mosul -- the last IS stronghold in northern Iraq -- from the terrorist group by the year-end.
