A US-led coalition airstrike has killed at least 7 ISIS militants hiding in a bunker in about 60 kilometers south of Erbil city at Mount Qarachogh. An official in the Peshmerga forces confirmed the Sunday night strike. The strikes were targeting the Daesh believed to be creating hideouts in the region since the withdrawal of the Peshmerga forces in October 2017.
Though the Iraqi government declared the end of the ISIS war in December 2017; there have been sporadic military confrontations between ISIS remnants and Iraqi Security Forces including the Kurdish Peshmerga — namely around Makhmour and in the Hamrin mountains in Saladin province.
