Airstrikes, unknown gunmen kill 7 ISIS members in Anbar
Dead bodies of ISIS militants.
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Seven Islamic State (ISIS) members were killed Thursday by international coalition airstrikes and gunmen in two separate incidents in the town of al-Qaem, Anbar.
The army’s Anbar Operations commander, Maj. Gen. Ismail al-Mahalawi, said three ISIS militants were killed south of Qaem in an airstrike by US-led international coalition jets, which also destroyed two heavy gun-supplied vehicles.
Mahlawi said his forces remain in waiting for orders to commence operations targeting to clear ISIS’s last strongholds in western Anbar: Qaem, Annah and Rawa.
The airstrike in Qaem comes hours after Iraqi fighter jets mistakenly killed 130 civilians in a marketplace in the town on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a security source told AlMada Press that unknown gunmen killed four ISIS militants in central Qaem. The attackers, using light weapons, assaulted a gathering of ISIS members near the taxation department, killing four, seizing their equipment, raising the Iraqi flag and fleeing to an unknown destination.
“Group members prevented civilians from approaching the attack’s scene and went on to search for the perpetrators,” the source said, on condition of anonymity. “The past few days have seen armed attacks by unknown elements against ISIS in the western regions, including Qem, Annah and Rawa, leaving tens of group deaths”.