BAGHDAD, July 16 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces, killed six Daesh militants in northern Iraq and arrested four others near the capital, Baghdad.
In the early morning, the CTS troops, backed by international coalition aircraft, conducted a security operation in an area in the southern part of Kirkuk Province, and killed six militants, the CTS said in a statement.
In a separate operation, the CTS forces arrested three militants in al-Taji, some 25 km north of Baghdad, and another militant in Abu Ghraib area, some 20 km west of Baghdad, the statement said.
The operations came, as the extremist militants intensified their attacks on security forces, including Hashd Shaabi forces, and civilians in the formerly Daesh-controlled Sunni provinces, resulting in the killing and wounding of dozens.– NNN-NINA
