Baghdad-Sana
Iraqi forces managed to eliminate three ISIS terrorists in Salahuddin Governorate, central Iraq.
The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Brigadier Yahya Rasoul, said in a statement that a Sana correspondent received in Baghdad a copy of him that the results of the military operations that were launched yesterday under the name of Al-Jazeera Lions to pursue the terrorist "ISIS" gangs resulted in the killing of three terrorists and the discovery of 7 dens and 12 explosive devices and two tunnels A car bomb, a pickup truck, was destroyed by the Air Force, pointing to the injury of 4 Swat regiment fighters during the operation.
Rasool pointed out that the Iraqi forces in Diyala governorate in eastern Iraq found, by searching ten villages, two explosive devices inside them, and arrested 4 wanted men in Muqdadiya. The police also carried out with the support of the army’s army a military operation in the Al-Kheisa orchards in Abu Sidah district, during which a den was found to organize The terrorist “ISIS”, while two explosive devices were dismantled at the place.
Rasoul said that the Iraqi forces at the axis of Al-Jazeera operations were able to search 17 areas and managed to destroy 14 explosive devices, five dens and five tunnels for the terrorists, and a previous headquarters for the "ISIS" terrorist elements was also found.
He explained that the operations of Al-Jazeera Lions aim to enhance security and stability, pursue terrorist terrorist gangs, and search the desert of the island, north of Anbar Governorate, south of Nineveh Governorate, and western Salahuddin Governorate.
The joint Iraqi forces announced yesterday the clearing of vast areas in the desert of western Salahuddin Governorate, central Iraq, within the operations of the Lions of the Island.
