BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3 (NNN-NINA) – At least four Daesh militants were killed on Tuesday, in an air strike on their hideout, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, provincial security sources said.
Acting on intelligence reports, Iraqi gunships pounded a Daesh hideout in a rural area, some 110 km north-east of the capital Baghdad, a statement by Diyala’s provincial intelligence directorate said.
The statement did not give the exact number of the Daesh casualties, but said, there were three to six extremist militants inside the hideout during the bombardment.
An intelligence source said that, four Daesh militants were killed in the air strike, according to later reports.
Despite repeated military operations in Diyala, Daesh remnants are still hiding in some rugged areas near the border with Iran, and in the sprawling areas extending from the western part of the province to the Himreen mountain range, in the north of the province.– NNN-NINA
