19 ISIS elements including senior leader killed in aerial bombing north of Tikrit
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Tuesday, a source in the joint operations announced, that 19 elements of ISIS organization including a senior leader, were killed in an aerial bombardment north of Tikrit (170 km north of Baghdad), while indicated to the destruction of five vehicles belonging to the organization.
The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “The Air Force planes, based on intelligence information, carried out an air strike on ISIS gatherings in Makhoul Mountains north of Salahuddin, killing 19 elements including the organization’s senior leader Abu Abdullah al-Shishani,” pointing out that, “ISIS elements were preparing to attack the military units as well as al-Hashed al-Shaabi fighters in the region.”
The source added, “The bombardment also resulted in the destruction of five vehicles belonging to the organization.”