Islamic State appoints new Mosul governor

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—The Islamic State (ISIS) has appointed a new Mosul governor (Wali) to replace the former governor who was killed in an airstrike last month, a source inside the city said.

The source said that Hassan Saeed al-Jubouri known as Abu Talut was appointed by ISIS as governor of Mosul.

Mosul was named by the ISIS as Wilayat Naynawa (Nineveh State) after the group declared itself an Islamic State last summer.

Radhwan Hamdouni known as Abu Laith, the former ISIS governor of Mosul was killed along with the group’s military commander in an airstrike near Mosul last month.

Also on Saturday a Rudaw source inside Mosul said that ISIS has raided people’s homes and arrested young men to fight for the group.

The source said that the group also fears that the young men might defect to the Iraqi army or other forces for a potential attack on Mosul.

EDITORS NOTE: The featured image is of an Islamic State military parade in Mosul, Iraq.