Dozens of Daesh Terrorists Killed in Iraq

Date: 26 February 2020 - 22:09

News ID: ۷۶۵۹۰

BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – Up to 39 Daesh terrorists have been killed in an anti-Daesh operation in the Iraqi province of Salahuddin, the Iraqi military says.
Acting on intelligence reports, the commandos of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) conducted several airdrop operations in al-Khanogah mountainous area in the town of al-Shirqat, some 280 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the media office affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement.
The battles between the commandos and the terrorists lasted more than 10 hours, starting from Monday night until Tuesday morning and resulted in the killing of 39 Daesh terrorists, including some of the group ringleaders, the statement said.
The troops destroyed two hideouts that stored large quantities of weapons and ammunition, as well as computers and documents of the terrorist group, the JOC statement added.
Four CTS commandos were also wounded during the operation, the statement said.
Earlier in the day, Mohammed al-Bazi from Salahuddin provincial police told Xinhua that the Iraqi forces and CTS commandos conducted an operation against Daesh positions in al-Khanogah mountainous area and killed eight Daesh terrorists, while a CTS commando was killed and five security members were wounded.
The security situation in Iraq has been improved since Iraqi security forces fully defeated the Daesh terrorists across the country late in 2017.
However, Daesh remnants have since melted in urban areas or resorted to deserts and rugged areas, carrying out frequent guerilla attacks against security forces and civilians.