BAGHDAD, Jun 4 (NNN-NINA) – At least ten Daesh militants were killed, in attacks targeting their hideouts in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi military said, yesterday.
Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi air forces conducted airstrikes on the Daesh hideouts, in the Himreen mountain range of northern Diyala on Friday and yesterday, destroying the hideouts and killing seven Daesh militants in total, according to a statement issued by the Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC).
According to the statement, the commandos of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service, carried out attacks on the Daesh hideouts in the same area yesterday, killing another three Daesh militants.
Meanwhile, the warplanes bombarded a Daesh hideout in the rugged area of Wadi al-Shay, south-west of the namesake provincial capital, Kirkuk, some 250 km north of the capital, Baghdad, destroying the hideout and killing all militants inside, the JOC said in a separate statement, without giving the exact fatality count.– NNN-NINA
