Europe News Desk!! Three Islamic State (IS) terrorists were killed in an airstrike in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala. Diyala operations commander Ali Fadl Omran told Xinhua news agency that based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes launched an airstrike on an IS hideout in the Himrin mountain range in northern Diyala on Thursday, destroying the hideout and killing three IS militants. were killed. Omran said 40 IS militants, including some leaders of the terrorist organization, were killed in airstrikes on Mount Himrin during five months. Despite repeated military operations against IS, the extremists are still holed up in desert and rugged areas, as well as in the Himreen mountains in Diyala, Salahuddin and Kirkuk provinces. However, since the defeat of IS in 2017, the security situation in Iraq has improved.
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