“Following the tracking and surveillance of the movements of elements of the ISIS terrorist gangs, the Falcons of the Air Force carried out four precise airstrikes using F-16 fighter jets,” the SMC announced, noting that “the strikes targeted terrorist safe houses and hideouts in Wadi al-Shai within the Salahaddin Operations Command sector, resulting in the complete destruction of the designated targets.”
The Wednesday operation was carried out based on intelligence from the federal Counter-Terrorism Service and was coordinated with the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief’s targeting cell, according to the statement.
ISIS seized large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria in 2014 before being territorially defeated in Iraq in 2017 after three years of intense fighting. Despite its territorial defeat, the group continues to pose a security threat, particularly in disputed areas between Erbil and Baghdad spanning the provinces of Diyala, Kirkuk, Nineveh and Salahaddin.
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