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Airstrike destroys IS oil warehouse and 12 tanks in Hawija

 Airstrike destroys IS oil warehouse and 12 tanks in Hawija

Airstrike against ISIS in Iraq. File Photo

Airstrike destroys IS oil warehouse and 12 tanks in Hawija
Airstrike against ISIS in Iraq. File Photo

Hawija (IraqiNews.com) A security source in Kirkuk Province revealed, on Thursday, that coalition air strike destroyed an oil warehouse and 12 tanks belonging to the Islamic State group in Hawija Province, west of the province, Alsumaria News reported.

The source said that the international coalition aircraft bombarded, today, the Islamic State’s crude oil market area, in al-Shameet area in Hawija District.

The air strike destroyed 12 oil tanks and one of the group’s largest crude oil warehouses, the source added on condition of anonymity.

Noteworthy, Hawija District and the areas of al-Zab, al-Rashad, al-Riyad and al-Abbasi, southwest of Kirkuk, are still controlled by the Islamic State group, since 10 June 2014.

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