OSINT SUMMARY
6th January 2016, Iraqi air force airstrikes have killed a high ranking figure in Daesh Takfiri militant group- in the country’s troubled western province of Anbar.
According to reports published on Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Ahed news website, Iraqi fighter jets pounded a terrorist base in the town of Barwanah, situated some 200 kilometers (124 miles) northwest of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing the purported Daesh war minister.
The Tuesday aerial bombardment killed the Daesh war figure identified as Samer Mohammad Matloub Hussein al- Mahlawi, along with three of his close aides.
Another separate source in Anbar Province reporting on condition of anonymity also reported that security forces and tribal fighters, backed by Iraqi military aircraft, carried out two separate offensives in Barwanah and the city of Hadithah, located about 240 kilometers (150 miles) northwest of Baghdad, leaving more than 250 Daesh militants killed.
During the military raid, over 100 vehicles belonging to the terrorists were also destroyed, including a number of cars rigged with explosive materials.
