Iraq

Two ISIL hideouts dismantled in eastern Iraq

Iraqi Air Force destroyed two hideouts belonging to the ISIL terrorist group during an airstrike.

The Iraqi security forces carried out the counter-terrorism operation with F-16 fighter jets in Diyala province.

About ten terrorists were reported to have been killed in the hideouts.

Iraqi intelligence sources also reported on Tuesday night that 6 tunnels belonging to the ISIL terrorist group have been identified and destroyed in northern Iraq.

ISIL, which attacked Iraq on June 7, 2014, and managed to capture about 45% of the country’s territory for a short period of time, was defeated in November 2017; However, since then, the remanent members of the terrorist group are still present and operating in Iraq and Syria and carry out terrorist activities from time to time.

Recently, the ISIL group carried out a series of attacks on the areas of Kirkuk, Nineveh, Diyala, and Jalawla suburbs, and east of Saladin. Some security sources reported the existence of ISIL training centers in the Anbar desert in western Iraq and the border with Syria.

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