How do you think hundreds of dead bodies smell?” he said. This is the first thing they should take care of.”

He expressed fears over the health impact of the bodies. Thousands of Islamic State militants as well as Iraqi civilians were killed since the government campaign, backed by paramilitary troops and the coalition was launched in October 2016 to fight the militant group, which declared a self-styled “caliphate” from Mosul in June 2014.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry announces the arrest of six alleged Islamic State fighters including one woman in Mosul.