United States-led coalition forces carried out airstrikes on Qanus Island in the Tigris River, an Islamic State hideout and transit hub.
According to military sources, US F-35s and F-15s dropped some thousands of pounds of munitions on the island in the Salah ad Din province. Iraqi forces followed with ground clearance to attack remaining militants left after the strikes.
The BDA has not been revealed but the strikes on the Island is a huge blow to ISIS as it was one of its remaining hideouts in Iraq.
While ISIS has lost of its foothold in Iraq and Syria over the past few years of fighting, the UN counterterrorism officials warned last month that the militant group is still a global threat with up to $300 million in its reserves. They said the group has influence through a network of affiliates from West Africa to Southeast Asia and still attempting to mobilize more affiliates and lone-wolf attacks.
