Multiple Airstrikes Kill 125 ISIL Takfiri Militants in Iraq
KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least 125 ISIL Takfiri militants have been killed in multiple airstrikes carried out by Iraq’s air force in the country’s conflict-stricken Northern Province of Salahuddin.
A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network on Friday that the terrorists were killed after Iraqi fighter jets carried out precision strikes against ISIL positions in the town of al-Shirqat, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad.
The source added that six arms depots belonging to ISIL extremists were completely destroyed in the aerial attacks.
Commander of the Federal Police Forces Lieutenant General Raed Shaker Jawdat also said Iraqi police troopers have engaged ISIL militants in the city of Husaybah, which lies seven kilometers (4.5 miles) east of Anbar’s provincial capital city of Ramadi, killing 29 terrorists in the process.
He added that security personnel also managed to destroy a large amount of munitions and equipment, including rocket launchers and heavy machine guns, following the fierce firefights.
Gruesome violence has plagued the northern and western parts of Iraq ever since ISIL Takfiris launched an offensive in June 2014, and took control of swathes of Iraqi territory.
The militants have been committing heinous crimes against all ethnic and religious groups in Iraq, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians and others.
