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Iraqi airstrikes hit terror targets

The Islamic State maintains a presence in the Salah ad-Din area of northern Iraq.

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AN Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of a US military air carrier at the Qayyarah air base on March 26, 2020. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

The Iraqi air force has reported conducting new airstrikes against enemy fighters.

Pilots commanding F-16 fighter jets carried out the aerial strikes northwest of Mutaybija in Iraq’s Salah ad-Din province in the north of the country. They destroyed a tunnel used for smuggling weapons, a generator and other structures used by “terrorists,” Iraq’s Security Media Cell said yesterday.

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