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US-led strikes kill 19 ISIS militants including key leader in Kirkuk

Representational file photo.
Representational file photo.

(IraqiNews.com) On Monday, a security source in Kirkuk province said, that 19 ISIS militants, including a key leader within the group, have been killed in an air strike by the international coalition in southwest of Kirkuk.

The source informed IraqiNews, “This evening, the U.S.-led international coalition has carried out air strikes on 5 ISIS targets in the areas of al-Zab and Makhoul in the district of al-Hawija, located in southwest of Kirkuk,” noting that, “The clashes resulted in killing 19 ISIS militants including a Pakistani national and a key leader, known as Hasan Saqallawy.”

“The air strikes were very accurate and have reached, for the first time, remote areas that the ISIS group had used to train and prepare its elements to carry out suicide attacks,” the source added.

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