A joint operation of American and Iraqi forces killed 15 members of the Islamic State group in western Iraq, the US military announced.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) tweeted on Friday that in the early hours of Thursday, August 29, US and Iraqi forces killed 15 ISIS operatives.
The operatives were “armed with numerous weapons, grenades and explosive ‘suicide belts,'” the agency announced.
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A masked Islamic State soldier poses with the ISIS flag in 2015. (Images by History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The US military noted that there was no civil causalities from the operation.
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“ISIS remains a threat to the region, our allies, as well as our homeland. US CENTCOM along with our coalition and Iraqi partners will continue to aggressively pursue these terrorists,” they added.
Centcom (United States Central Command)
Thursday’s raid comes about a week after American forces killed a senior leader of an Al-Qaeda-linked militant group in Syria.
The agency announced that Abu Abdul Makki, a senior leader of the Horas al-Din, or “Guardian of the Religion” group, was killed in a “kinetic strike.” They said Makki was “responsible for overseeing terrorist operations from Syria”.
“CENTCOM remains committed to the enduring the defeat of the terrorists … that threaten the United States, its allies and partners, and regional stability,” CENTCOM commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla said in a statement.