BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (NNN-NINA) – Three Daesh militants were killed yesterday, during a government operation, in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the government-backed Hashd Shaabi paramilitary forces, said.
A joint force of the government army and Hashd Shaabi fighters, killed the three Daesh militants, after chasing them in a desert area west of the provincial capital, Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, according to a statement by the media office of Hashd Shaabi.
Four Hashd Shaabi fighters were wounded in the operation, the statement added.
The force also seized a vehicle used by the extremist militants, that contains explosive belts, weapons and ammunition, it added.
Over the past few months, the Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against the extremist militants, to crack down on their intensified activities.– NNN-NINA
