ISIS’s mass grave, rest houses and training camps found in Iraqi Salahuddin province

The Iraqi pro-government paramilitary troops confiscated a mass grave and destroyed rest houses and workshop for the ISIL militants in Salahuddin province.

The media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) quoted Karim al-Khaqany, commander of the second brigade, as saying “PMFs as well as the army’s fifth division managed to control village and crossing of al-Mayta in North of Samarra, during the second day of operations to purge Mutaibija”, Iraqi News reported.

“Troops also ran into a recent grave by ISIL as well as rest houses, training camps, booby-trapping workshops and amount of explosives in the village,” he added.

Earlier on the day, the War Media Cell said in a statement that 25 villages were combed, 15 bombs were detonated and three tunnels of ISIL were destroyed during operations that launched on Saturday.

Dijla Operations Command announced that joint troops of Dijla and Samarra operations as well as the PMFs and tribes, backed by army warplanes, launched a military operation to purge Mutaibija region, on borders between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces.

The operation, according to the statement, will include several regions in the vicinity of Mutaibija, including al-Mayta, al-Bu Janaan, Hawi al-Udhaim and Um Talil, as the operation targets security and combing the borders between the two provinces.

On Friday, army fighter jets destroyed two ISIL rest houses in al-Mayta region, located on borders between Diyala and Salahuddin, leaving 10 ISIL members killed.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared the end of military operations against the ISIL group in the Arab country.

ISIL began a terror campaign in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes in lightning attacks. Iraqi forces then launched operations to eliminate ISIL and retake lost territory.

Source: Farsnews