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Iraq
Iraqi airstrikes kill 40 Islamic State terrorists in Syria
2018-11-21
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi military has conducted airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria’s Deir el-Zour province, killing 40 terrorists.

Iraqi F-16 jets carried out a successful airstrike that targeted a weapons depot of the Islamic State group in al-Susah city in Deir al-Zour, leaving 10 terrorists dead, Dijlah TV channel quoted the Joint Operations Command as saying in a statement.

Another air raid destroyed a building housing 30 Islamic State fighters in Deir al-Zour’s al-Baghuz town, the statement said.

The operation resulted in the complete destruction of the Islamic State targets, the statement added.
Rudaw adds:
TheAir Force stated it acted on precise intelligence information and "successfully" hit an ISIS weapons depot in Susah housing missiles and explosives, as well as "10 terrorists."

In the al-Baghuz area, the Air Force said it hit a "headquarters" housing "30 terrorists, grenade launchers, missiles, and different rifles."

"Based on intelligence reports, both targets were thoroughly destroyed, and our airplanes safely returned to the homeland's soil," the Air Force stated.
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