Death Toll Of IS Militants Rises To 16 After Iraqi Airstrikes On Hideouts 

Baghdad: Iraqi security forces on Tuesday found two more bodies of Islamic State (IS) militants, who were killed in a as much as the moment militia operation the total way during the western province of Anbar, bringing the death toll of IS militants to sixteen. According to a statement from the Security Media Cell (SMC), affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, Iraqi forces carried out an airdrop operation on Tuesday at four am (local time), concentrated on IS hideouts the total way during the Anbar barren region, where the 2 bodies were found.

The statement noted that Iraqi security forces on Tuesday used helicopter gunships to destroy three IS militants’ trucks the total way during the barren region, Xinhua news agency reported.

According to SMC, Iraqi forces on August 29, backed by US-led coalition forces, together carried out airstrikes on four camouflaged hideouts and engaged in clashes with IS militants who fled airstrikes, killing 14 of them, including important IS leaders.

In spite of the undeniable incontrovertible fact that, the safety condition in Iraq has improved since the defeat of IS in 2017, yet IS remnants successfully sneaked into the urban centres, deserts, and rugged areas, carrying out frequent guerrilla attacks against security forces and civilians.

The United States militia and Iraq, together, launched a joint raid that targeted suspected IS militants the total way during the u . s . a .’s western barren region, which had killed at least 15 people and hurt seven American troops, an official confirmed last Sunday.

For years after dislodging the militants from their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, US forces have fought the IS, with the casualties from this raid being higher than in previous ones. The United States militia’s Central Command confirmed that the militants were armed with “a complete lot of weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘sucide’ belts” at some point of the raid last Thursday, which Iraqi forces said took place the total way during the u . s . a .’s Anbar Desolate tract.

Alternatively, last month, the U. S. militia said the choice of attacks claimed by IS in Syria and Iraq on the truck doubled this year, in comparison with the previous year. IS claimed 153 attacks had been made the total way during the 2 countries the total way during the first six months of 2024; comparatively, 121 attacks were made in all of 2023.

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza last October, US militia presence the total way during the region has change into especially controversial.

An umbrella group of Iran-backed militants calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has periodically launched drone attacks on US base houses situated in Iraq and Syria, which they said became in retaliation for Washington’s beef up of Israel the total way during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. They aimed to force US forces to withdraw from Iraq.

(With IANS Inputs)