(MENAFN) On Tuesday, twenty jihadists of the Islamic State militant group were murdered in airstrikes by the Iraqi Air Force in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, a military source was quoted as stating.
The source informed Algahd Press website, "Iraqi warplanes, backed by the U.S.-led international coalition, hit a gathering of Islamic State militants in Daquq district in eastern Kirkuk, leaving 20 jihadists killed".
The source stated, "Most of the slain Islamic State terrorists came from Syria and were implicated in several terrorist attacks against security forces and civilians in Kirkuk".
He also emphasized that two more Daesh terrorists were murdered while attempting to sneak into Kirkuk coming from the Syrian city of al-Baghuz.
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