Iraqi Forces Foil ISIL Rocket Attack on Samarra Holy Shrine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraq’s Air Force destroyed a site near the central city of Samarra from where the ISIL terrorist group had planned to launch rockets at a revered Shiite complex.
According to al-Masala website, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists had plans to launch rockets from an area known as the Samarra island to target a holy complex in the city.
However, the Sukhoi fighter jets of the Iraqi Air Force bombarded the rocket launchers, killing all terrorists at the site.
Located around 120 kilometers north of capital Baghdad, Samarra is home to the holy shrines of two Shiite Imams and a major pilgrimage site visited by Muslims.
The ISIL terrorist group, also known as the Daesh or ISIS, made advances in northern and western Iraq in summer 2014 after capturing swaths of northern Syria.
The Takfiri terrorists have been committing heinous crimes under the name of Islam. They consider Shiites and even Sunni Muslims to be infidels.
Apart from direct involvement in military offensive against different Iraqi and Syrian cities, the ISIL Takfiri terrorists seek to fuel sectarian conflicts wherever they conquer.
In the meantime, a combination of concentrated attacks by the Iraqi military and the volunteer forces, who rushed to take arms after top Iraqi cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa calling for fight against the militants, have blunted the edge of the ISIL offensive.
