BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (NNN-NINA) – Four Daesh militants were killed yesterday, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said, in a statement.
The Daesh militants, from Himreen Lake in Diyala, were trying to destroy surveillance cameras, which were installed by the security forces to monitor their movement along their routes in the mountainous Himreen area, according to the statement.
The security forces tracked down the militants and clashed with them, leaving four militants killed and two others wounded, it added.
In a separate statement, the JOC said, Iraqi security forces, backed by aircraft, launched an operation to destroy the Daesh hideouts in the al-Zab area, in the north-eastern province of Kirkuk, at dawn.
The statement gave no further details about the operation but said, more information would be released later.
Over the past months, Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against extremist militants to crack down on their intensified activities.
