A joint operation by American and Iraqi forces killed 15 members of the Islamic State group in western Iraq, the U.S. army introduced.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) tweeted on Friday that within the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 29, U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 15 ISIS operatives.
The operatives have been “armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’ belts,” the company introduced.
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A masked Islamic State soldier poses holding the ISIS flag in 2015. (Footage from Historical past/Common Photographs Group by way of Getty Photographs)
The U.S. army famous that there have been no civilian causalities from the operation.
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“ISIS remains a threat to the region, our allies, as well as our homeland. US CENTCOM alongside our coalition and Iraqi partners, will continue to aggressively pursue these terrorists,” they added.
Centcom (U.S. Central Command)
Thursday’s raid comes a few week after U.S. forces killed a senior chief of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group in Syria.
The company introduced that Abu Abdul Makki, a senior chief within the group Horas al-Din, or “Guardians of Religion,” was killed in a “kinetic strike.” They stated that Makki was “responsible for overseeing terrorist operations from Syria.”
“CENTCOM remains committed to the enduring defeat of terrorists … who threaten the United States, its allies and partners, and regional stability,” the CENTCOM commander, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, stated in a press release.
