Iraqi airstrike destroys Daesh hideout in Salah al-Din: INIS

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23-08-2023, 11:41

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INA- Baghdad

Iraqi National Intelligence Service INIS announced on Wednesday an Iraqi air strike that destroyed an ISIS hideout in Salah al-Din.

"The heroes of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, in coordination with the Joint Operations Command and with the support of the Air Force Command, were able to target one of the most important ISIS terrorist hideouts in Salah al-Din province," an INIS statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) said.

"The operation was carried out based on accurate intelligence information and field and technical tracking of ISIS elements present in one of the rest-houses located in the mountains of Tuz Khurmatu district, where an accurate air strike was launched, followed by a landing operation by the Counter-Terrorism Service," it said.

The operation resulted in "the destruction of the hideout, the killing of everyone in it, and the seizure of important documents and equipment belonging to terrorist gangs", it added.