59 IS militants killed in air strikes, clashes in Iraq
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A total of 59 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Wednesday in clashes with Iraqi security forces and air strikes against their positions across the country, security sources said.
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Fire is seen after an US airstrike on positions of Islamic State (IS) terror group in Kobani, Syria, on Oct. 15, 2014. The airstrikes initiated by a US-led coalition against IS continued in the southtern part of Syrian border city of Kobane on Wednesday. [Xinhua/Cihan] |
In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, Iraqi army soldiers backed by Shiite militias carried out an offensive on IS positions in Mansouriyah area, some 100 km northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, and fought fierce clashes with the extremist militants, leaving at least 12 militants killed, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Also in Diyala, the security forces clashed with IS militants in Albu-Talha area in the northeastern part of the province and killed 15 militants, along with destroying six of their vehicles, the source said.
In Anbar province, Iraqi security forces backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft repelled in the early hours of the day an attack carried out by dozens of IS militants who tried to storm the town of al-Baghdadi, some 200 km northwest of Baghdad, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity, adding that at least 13 militants were killed and nine of their vehicles were destroyed in the battles and the air strikes.
Since December last year, insurgent attacks continue in the Sunni Arab heartland in west of Baghdad that stretches through Anbar province, which has been the scene of fierce clashes that flared up after Iraqi police dismantled an anti-government protest site outside the city of Ramadi.
In Salahudin province, Iraqi warplanes carried out an airstrike on the house of Abdullah al-Annag, senior IS leader during a meeting of IS local leaders in his house, just west of the town of Dhuluiyah, some 90 km north of Baghdad, a provincial security source told Xinhua.
The air strike destroyed the house and left nine IS group leaders killed, the source said citing intelligence reports.
In addition, Iraqi warplanes carried out an air strike on IS militant position in west of the city of Samarra, some 120 km north of Baghdad, killing ten militants, destroying two vehicles with heavy machine guns and destructing a large cache of weapons and explosives, the source added.
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