Iraq announces senior IS leaders amongst 29 killed in Anbar
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BAGHDAD April 3 (KUNA) -- Coalition military forces announced on Sunday that 29 members of the so-called Islamic State (IS) have been killed including senior leaders in two airstrikes conducted by Iraqi warplanes in Western Anbar province.
In a statement the Coalition said that the first airstrike targeted an IS position in the town of Al-Qaim near the border with Syria which killed 16 IS members. The second airstrike hit a training exercise of IS fighters in Rawah town north of Anbar which killed 13 members.
Amongst those killed in the first airstrike are senior leaders Abu Sulaiman Al-Shaishani and Sheikh Jamal Al-Aisawi a close associate of IS honcho Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi the statement said.
Meanwhile the second airstrike killed Abu Anas Al-Rawi a former general of the Iraqi national guard and Naseef Al-Rawi who is said to have been in charge of suicide missions. (end) tma.nam
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