Iraq’s Ministry of Defence has announced that Iraqi warplanes have destroyed a Deash combatants’ site in Syria. A statement said that the operation was carried out “in compliance with the orders of Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief [and Prime Minster] Haider Al-Abadi.
The airstrikes were conducted using the Iraqi Air Forces’F-16 which pounded hideouts with ISIS militants in Syria’s Al-Hajin area. While there was no immediate release and or confirmation of the number of casualties, the number is could be dozens of ISIS terrorists.
Today’s air raids come less than a week after Iraqi warplanes struck what the army described as “Daesh targets” in the same area. Baghdad has repeatedly said that the strikes are being carried out in coordination with the Syrian government.
