The attacks came as the extremist IS militants intensified their attacks on the security forces, including Hashd Shaabi forces, and civilians in the Sunni provinces which once were under the control of IS militants
The statement assessed that 17 terrorists were killed in the airstrike, causing no civilians casualties.
An Iraqi aircraft carried out an airstrike on an IS hideout near Mteibijah area near Diyala's provincial border with Salahudin province
Earlier in May, Iraqi warplanes killed 10 Islamic State militants and destroyed two armoured vehicles during an air raid in Salahuddin province.
Security forces during overnight operations killed 14 Islamic State (IS) terror group militants in the eastern Nangarhar province, provincial government…
