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The Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Saturday released a video recording showing airstrikes on Islamic State sleeper cell positions in the Diyala province portion of the Hamrin mountain range.
Iraqi F-16 fighter jets raided one of the terrorist group’s hideouts on the mountain near Lake Hamrin in Diyala. The operation took place on Thursday.
The defense ministry wrote in a statement published on its Facebook page that they carried out the strikes in coordination with the Joint Operations Command and hit “Daesh gangs targets,” using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State.
Local security sources said the Iraqi aircraft destroyed the hideouts and tunnels the group’s operatives used. Although no official numbers were given, military communications center Security Media Cell said the operation “killed all the terrorists inside.”
Hamrin Mountain is a sprawling mountain range, which starts near Khanaqin district’s southern part and stretches to Salahuddin and Kirkuk provinces to the northwest.
