SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi warplanes bombed Islamic State (ISIS) positions in Kirkuk, destroying a hideout, said a military spokesman on Tuesday.
Yehia Rasool, spokesman for commander-in-chief of the armed forces, said the army’s aircraft destroyed an ISIS hideout as it carried out its duty of armed reconnaissance, search and inspection in Kirkuk province.
Separately, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said its units supported the Iraqi military subjected to a “terrorist attack” by a group of ISIS militants in Dibs district, northwest of Kirkuk.
Islamic State 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.
