Iraqi airstrikes kill 3 ISIS suspects in Anbar 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi Air Force F-16 jets killed three suspected ISIS members in airstrikes on Anbar province on Tuesday. 

The strikes targeted a group of militants in the Shu’ayib al-Daye area in the west of the province, according to the Security Media Cell, the military’s official media. 

The initial airstrike killed one of the militants, while subsequent airstrikes in the same area killed the other two. 

The military described the attacks as “pre-emptive operations” to deny the militants from acquiring a “safe haven”. 

In late February, the military launched similar airstrikes in Anbar that killed two high-ranking militants. 

Iraq frequently uses its US-built F-16s for such targeted strikes against ISIS. 

In addition to targeting ISIS remnants from the air, the Iraqi military regularly carries out ground operations in remote parts of the country’s eastern and northern provinces, where they believe ISIS still has hideouts and fighters. 

Over the past five years, ISIS exploited the disputed territories between Erbil and Baghdad to launch hit-and-run attacks against Iraqi and Kurdish forces.