Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Joint Operations Command revealed on Saturday that four ISIS terrorists have been killed in an air strike carried out by the Iraqi Air Force in the Hamrin Mountains in northeastern Iraq.
The terrorists were being tracked by Iraqi intelligence services for two days before they were located in a hideout in the Hamrin Mountains, according to a statement cited by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
The airstrike carried out by Iraqi F-16 fighter jets destroyed the hideout that contained explosives, weapons, ammunition, and logistical supplies.
Last month, nine of the terrorist group’s senior leaders were killed in an operation carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) and the Iraqi National Security Service (INSS), under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, said that the operation targeted hideouts used by ISIS terrorists in the Hamrin Mountains.
In 2014, the terrorist group ISIS took control of large areas in Iraq and Syria before being defeated in 2017.
More than five million Iraqis had to flee the governorates of Nineveh, Salah Al-Din, parts of Kirkuk, Diyala, and Anbar because of ISIS control over these areas in 2014.
Iraq announced in late 2017 the liberation of all its territories from the grip of ISIS, but the authorities are constantly launching security operations to pursue remnants of the terrorist group.
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