Iraqi Army’s Military Airplane Lands in Al-Qayyara Airport

“The C130 airplane carried military equipment and a group of security forces to the region,” the defense ministry said.

Iraqi forces established full control over al-Qayyara airbase from ISIL in July, while in August they took back the strategic city of Al-Qayyara after weeks of bloody battle with terrorists.

Al-Qayyara is the biggest oil-rich region in Nineveh province and is located South of Mosul which is the main ISIL stronghold in Iraq.

In early October, the Iraqi army’s artillery units targeted terrorists’ military positions South of Mosul, killing tens of militants in the strategic al-Qayyara region.

At least 70 ISIL terrorists were killed in the Iraqi army’s artillery attack on the village of al-Hood in al-Qayyara region.

At least 25 military vehicles of the ISIL terrorists were also destroyed in the army shelling