ISIS senior member and two terrorists killed in Diyala

At least three members of the Islamic State (IS), including a senior leader, were killed in a military campaign in the Iraqi province of Diyala on Wednesday.

Mawazin News quoted spokesperson for Diyala Police Ghalib al-Attiya as saying that the operation was conducted to pursue the extremist group’s sleeper cells in the district of Qara Tapa, northeastern Diyala.

Earlier the day, Kurdistan Peshmerga troops, jointly with the US-led Coalition forces, carried out a similar operation against the militants near Kifri in Garmiyan bloc, killing at least three insurgents.

Multiple reports have lately warned of jihadist group’s re-emergence in the disputed Kurdish areas and other parts of Iraq.

Source: Basnews