Senior ISIS element killed in Iraq’s Kirkuk

Iraqi local sources have said that a prominent ISIS terrorist has been killed by the Iraqi army in Kirkuk province.

Iraqi forces recently launched a new operation against terrorist remnants in Kirkuk province.

According to security sources, Iraqi forces managed to identify and kill a senior Takfiri terrorist, Firas Saleh, nicknamed “Abu Qaisar”.

Earlier, Iraqi army forces launched an operation in Nineveh province against the remnants of ISIS takfiri elements.

Yahya Rassoul, a spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Force, said that 12 Takfiri elements had been identified and arrested in the operation.