At least 13 notorious ISIS (Daesh / ISIL) leaders were
killed by Iraqi warplanes near the Syrian border, Al-Alam News Network
reports.
Among the dead is deputy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ringleader of the ISIS, an army statement said.
The Iraqi fighter jets launched an airstrike on a gathering center of
ISIS commanders in al-Qa'em town, which is located nearly 400km
Northwest of Baghdad near the Syrian border, it added.
The statement said that the airstrike also led to the destruction of two booby-trapped cars and a bomb-making plant.
The statement also pointed to massive explosions at the site "which
means the high quantities of ammunition and explosive belts which were
destroyed".
Reports said earlier this week that commanders of the ISIS terrorist
group have ordered their forces and family members to leave their last
bases and strongholds in Western Iraq as Iraq's military forces are
preparing to launch massive military operations in the region, local
sources said Tuesday.
"The Iraqi military forces are preparing to capture the last ISIS
strongholds in Western Iraq and the military equipment for these
operations have been fully supplied and transferred, and we are waiting
for the final order by the joint operations command center to attack
al-Khalediya island and Heet town in the Western parts of al-Anbar
province," Head of the Security Committee of al-Anbar province's Council
Rajeh al-Issawi said on Tuesday.
Also, a local source in Western Iraq said that the ISIS commanders and
their families have fled the al-Baghdadi island in the Western parts of
Heet, one of the most notorious ISIS bases.
The source added that ISIS commanders, fearing the Iraqi army and
popular forces' rapid advance, have fled towards al-Qae'm town in
Western al-Anbar, FNA reported.
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