Iraqi warplanes kill four ‘terrorists’ in east of Makhoul mountain

An Iraqi Air Force F-16 conducts training with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron over Iraq on May 26, 2019. (U.S. Air Force via CJTFOIR)

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.


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.

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