Iraqi Air Force Hit 2 ISIS hideouts
Iraqi Air Force Hit 2 ISIS hideouts
Iraqi air force hit and damaged two houses believed to be hideouts of the Islamic State; while defense minister visits the liberated town of Jurf Al-Sakhar.
Iraqi minister of defence Khaled Al-Obeidi and visiting delegation meet Iraq BADR organization chief Hadi Al-Amiri and Iraq Army Chief of Staff Babakir Zibari and other military commanders in Jurf al-Skhar.
ISIS militants lost control of Jurf al-Skhar on Sunday, when Iraqi soldiers and the Shiite militia retook it from the Sunni extremist group. Jurf al-Sakhar is part of a predominantly Sunni ribbon of territory that runs just south of Baghdad and lies on a road usually taken by Shiite pilgrims to the holy Shiite city of Karbala further south.
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited the southern district of Jurf al-Sakhr on Monday which has recently witnessed pitched battles between government troops alongside Shiite volunteer militiamen against the ISIS group. Jurf al-Sakhr, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of Baghdad, was seized by IS last June. The Iraqi government said the area was liberated from IS extremists.
ISIS militants lost control of Jurf al-Skhar on Sunday, when Iraqi soldiers and the Shiite militia retook it from the Sunni extremist group. Jurf al-Sakhar is part of a predominantly Sunni ribbon of territory that runs just south of Baghdad and lies on a road usually taken by Shiite pilgrims to the holy Shiite city of Karbala further south.
But in Baghdad Residentscleared up debris in front of a row of shops and a hotel and restaurants on Tuesday after a car bomb exploded on Monday evening. 15 people were killed and 23 others wounded in the blast, police said.
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