BAGHDAD, Feb 17 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi security forces, yesterday, killed three militants of the extremist Daesh group, in the provinces of Salahudin and Diyala, security sources said.
In Salahudin province, north of Baghdad, the security forces, backed by the Iraqi air force, carried out an operation in the Himreen mountain range, killing two Daesh militants and destroying three of their hideouts, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said, in a statement.
In the eastern province of Diyala, Iraqi jet fighters bombed a Daesh hideout, in the Wadi-Thlab area, north-east of the provincial capital, Baquba, destroying the hideout and killing a Daesh militant inside, Maj. Alaa al-Saadi from the provincial police, said.
Over the past few months, Iraqi security forces have carried out deadly attacks against the Daesh militants, to crackdown on their intensified activities.
