IS local leader killed in western Iraq: military
Date
2/17/2022 7:09:42 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
A prominent local leader of the extremist Islamic State (IS)
group was killed with his aide on Thursday in an airstrike in
Iraq's western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
Based on intelligence reports, the Iraqi forces carried out the
airstrike in a desert area in Anbar province that destroyed a
vehicle and killed two IS militants aboard, Spokesperson for the
commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces Yahia Rasoul said in a
statement.
One of the killed was leader of IS group in Anbar province,
nicknamed 'Abu Malokah,' the statement said.
An army source told Xinhua that the airstrike targeted a truck
in the desert and burned it.
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