BAGHDAD, Jan 30 (NNN-NINA) – Six militants of the extremist Daesh group were killed yesterday, including a local leader, in an airstrike, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a security source said.
Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out an airstrike on a Daesh position in the Udheim area, in the northern part of Diyala province, Colonel Ehab Mohammed, from the Iraqi army, said.
The airstrike killed six Daesh militants, including a local leader, Mohammed said.
The provinces, which the Daesh militants had previously controlled, witnessed their intense activities during the past months, despite repeated military operations to hunt them down.– NNN-NINA
