Key Takeaways
- The security situation in Iraq has improved since the defeat of the IS in 2017.
- IS remnants continue to carry out guerilla attacks against security forces and civilians in urban centers, deserts, and rugged areas.
- Iraqi warplanes have targeted IS hideouts in central Iraq, killing five IS militants and disrupting IS operations.
Baghdad: Five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Tuesday in airstrikes in central Iraq, the Iraqi military said.
Based on intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes carried out two airstrikes on IS hideouts in the eastern part of Salahuddin province, according to a statement from the Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command.
The statement said that a force of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service was sent to the scene to search the bombed hideouts and found the bodies of five IS militants, weapons, mobile phones, and some logistical equipment.
The security situation in Iraq has improved since the defeat of the IS in 2017. IS remnants continue to pose a threat, carrying out guerilla attacks in urban centers, deserts, and rugged areas.
