Iraqi Air Force F-16s during a training sortie on July 18, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Drzazgowski)
On July 6, the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) carried out airstrikes against a hideout of ISIS terrorists in the district of al-’Abara in the eastern province of Diyala.
In a statement, the official Security Media Cell said that the IQAF targeted the hideout in coordination with the Iraqi National Intelligence Service. A security force inspected the hideout after the airstrikes, where the dead bodies of two terrorists were found along with light firearms and other military equipment.
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The IQAF released video footage of the airstrikes, which were carried out by F-16IQ fighter jets armed with precision-guided bombs.
This was the IQAF’s second operation against ISIS this month. On July 1, Iraqi fighter jets launched airstrikes against hideouts of ISIS cells in the northern area of Hatra, which is located along the administrative border between the northern provinces of Nineveh and Saladin.
Iraq announced the defeat of ISIS in 2017. However, the terrorist groups continue to wage an insurgency, mainly in the country’s western, northern and eastern region.
The IQAF stepped up its operations against ISIS in the last few months, inflicting heavy human and material losses on the group and demonstrating Iraq’s capability to deal with the terrorism threat without any support from the United States-led coalition.
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i don’t believe that isis acts alone. what do they eat? where do they live? there are certain terrorist groups that are supported by certain powers. for example, those in central syria may be supported by the us in tanf. those in northern iraq are probably from barzani. those in the east region are from iran. those in the west are from saudi arabia.
the isis who do and who do not dont work with the us still manage to steal oil, to thieve, to traffic drugs, to sell sex slaves , adrenochrome and body parts, to kidnap people for ransom and to push boats out filled with migrants who sell and give everything they have to get to europe. so they do and can kind of fund themselves. the ransom money is very lucrative.
that’s very correct