12 Daesh militants have been killed in Iraqi airstrikes in northern Iraq when pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi forces launched a security operation to hunt down Daesh militants in the area between the provinces of Kirkuk, Saladin, and Nineveh.
According to Army Major Saad Mohamed, the militants were spotted by helicopter gunships while fleeing the area. Helicopters were used to shell the fleeing militants killing the twelve.
Last December, officials in Baghdad declared that the Daesh terrorist group’s military presence in Iraq had been all but dismantled. It appears the notorious terrorist group, however, still maintains “sleeper cells” in certain parts of the country.
