Seven members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group were killed today in an airstrike in Nineveh, northern Iraq, the Iraqi armed forces said.
Utilizing intelligence gathered, Iraqi forces launched an attack this morning on a 140-meter-long cave where IK fighters had set up headquarters in the Hatra desert, south of Nineveh, a spokesman for the Iraqi leader said. forces Yahya Rasul. “According to initial reports, there were seven terrorists inside (in the cave) and all of them are dead,” he said.
In recent months, Iraqi security forces have launched deadly attacks on Islamic State jihadists to halt their activities.
At the end of 2017, Iraqi forces regained control of the territories controlled by the Islamic State. However, jihadists of the I.K. They took refuge in urban centers, deserts and inaccessible areas, often carrying out attacks against security forces and civilians.
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