69 ISIL Terrorists Killed, Wounded in Anbar
At least 69 ISIL terrorists were killed and injured in the Western province of al-Anbar by the Iraqi army’s airstrikes and artillery fire.
Iraqi fighter jets killed and wounded at least 43 ISIL terrorists in Qaem district in the restive province of al-Anbar, the interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday, adding that 5 ISIL ringleaders were also killed.
At least 28 terrorists were killed and 15 others were injured during the operations, and the ISIL ringleader in Mosul and Baghdad Ayad Abusaleh is also seen among the dead, the statement added.
Also 26 Takfiri terrorists were killed by the Iraqi forces’ artillery fire against their positions in al-Sokrah district in Anbar province.
Earlier, the Baghdad Operations Command confirmed that the Iraqi Army defended its positions against the ISIL terrorists’ attacks in the nearby areas of Nazim Taqsim in the Western province of Anbar and killed 31 militants in the battlefield.
The ISIL Takfiri have threatened all communities, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq, and Syria.
Senior Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Gulf Arab states for the growing terrorism in their country.
The ISIL has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.
Iraqi bombers kill 60 ISIL terrorists in Fallujah
Meanwhile, at least 60 terrorists were killed after Iraqi warplanes targeted ISIL sites in the city of Fallujah.
A senior Iraqi official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the country’s fighter jets bombarded 14 ISIL positions in Fallujah, Anbar province, killing over 60 militants.
“The operation was based on accurate intelligence by Baghdad Security Directorate,” the source added.
Earlier, the Iraqi fighter jets pounded ISIL hideouts in the town of Taza Khormato, situated 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) South of oil-rich city of Kirkuk, killing 25 Takfiris.
The reports added that the strikes also left 10 militants injured.
In a separate incidence, a total of 28 ISIL militants lost their lives after the country’s airstrikes hit the compounds of the Takfiri group in the town of al-Qa’im, located nearly 400 kilometers northwest of the capital, Baghdad.
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