BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 25 (NNN-NINA) – At least five Daesh militants were killed Monday, in an air strike by the U.S.-led coalition aircraft, and an operation by a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi force, in the western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said.
Acting on intelligence reports, the U.S.-led coalition aircraft conducted an air strike on Daesh positions in Akashat, near the town of al-Qaim, some 400 km north-west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Yahia Rasoul, spokesman for the media office of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) said.
The air strike resulted in the killing of five extremist Daesh militants, the JOC said, in a brief statement.
Also in the province, a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi force conducted an operation against Daesh hideouts, in the al-Qaim desert, on the border with Syria, a statement by Hashd Shaabi said.
The operation resulted in the killing of many militants and the destruction of a four-wheel drive vehicle, the statement said, without giving further details.
Daesh militants are still active in the vast Anbar desert, which stretches to the borders with neighbouring Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, with many civilians having been kidnapped or killed by the extremist group.– NNN-NINA
