Iraqi airstrike destroys cave used by ISIS terrorists in Hamrin Mountains

The Iraqi Security Media Cell (ISMC) revealed on Wednesday that security forces carried out an airstrike by F-16 fighter jets in the Hamrin Mountains in northeastern Iraq, destroying a cave used by ISIS terrorists.

Iraqi military intelligence in cooperation with the Joint Operations Command managed to monitor the terrorists in Kirkuk province before the airstrike was carried out, according to a statement cited by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

The statement elaborated that the terrorists were killed and the cave was completely destroyed by the airstrike.

In 2014, the terrorist group ISIS took control of large areas in Iraq and Syria before being defeated in 2017.

More than five million Iraqis had to flee the governorates of Nineveh, Salah Al-Din, parts of Kirkuk, Diyala, and Anbar because of ISIS control over these areas in 2014.

Iraq announced in late 2017 the liberation of all its territories from the grip of ISIS, but the authorities are constantly launching security operations to pursue remnants of the terrorist group.

Source » iraqinews.com