BAGHDAD, Dec 12 (NNN-NINA) – Three Daesh militants and an Iraqi soldier were killed yesterday, in an airstrike, and a separate attack by Daesh militants, in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, security sources said.
A statement by Jabbar al-Taie, commander of Kirkuk Operations Command, said that, Iraqi aircraft bombarded a Daesh hideout in the Altun Kupri area, north of the namesake provincial capital Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, leaving three Daesh militants killed.
In a separate incident, a soldier was killed and another wounded, when Daesh militants attacked an army base, in the Kolan area east of Kirkuk city, Maj. Ihsan al-Baiyati from Kirkuk police, said.
Also yesterday, two civilians were wounded, when Daesh militants attacked their car, in the al-Eith area, in Salahudin province, in the north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, a source from the provincial police, said, on condition of anonymity.
Over the past months, Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against extremist militants to crack down on their intensified activities.– NNN-NINA
