SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi warplanes killed four “terrorists” in east of Makhoul mountain in Saladin province, a military spokesman said on Monday.
Iraq’s F-16 warplanes carried out four airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) suspects in east of Makhoul mountain, said Yehia Rasool, spokesman of commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
بتوجيه من السيد القائد العام للقوات المسلحة @MAKadhimi ، وثائراً لشهداءنا الأبرار وبإشراف وتخطيط قيادة العمليات المشتركة، ووفقاً لمعلومات استخبارية دقيقة من وكالة الاستخبارات والتحقيقات الاتحادية في وزارة الداخلية، نفذ طيران القوة الجوية بواسطة طائرات F_16 اربع ضربات جوية… pic.twitter.com/HLg112QBaR
— يحيى رسول | Yehia Rasool (@IraqiSpoxMOD) January 24, 2022
On Saturday, three ISIS members including two leaders were killed in an airstrike in Kirkuk province, the Iraqi military said.
The Iraqi military said the airstrike was in revenge to the recent ISIS attack that killed 11 soldiers in Diyala province.
The attack was one of the deadliest targeting the Iraqi military in recent months.
ISIS controlled roughly a third of Iraq between 2014 and 2017. Iraqi forces and Kurdish troops backed by U.S.-led Coalition forces as well as Iran-backed Shia militias defeated the militant group in 2017, but its members still roam areas of northern Iraq and northeastern Syria.
