Iraqi army jets target Daesh remnants in eastern Diyala Province

The Iraqi Army F-16 aircraft have targeted the positions of remaining Daesh terrorists in the eastern province of Diyala.

The Iraqi Security Information Cell said in a statement that the aerial operation was conducted on Diyala’s Khanaqin district on Tuesday morning.

Groups of armed terrorists have recently increased their activities in Diyala as well as the provinces of al-Anbar and Saladin, prompting the Iraqi armed forces and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) to jointly carry out several large-scale operations, arrest a number of terrorists and destroy their hideouts, the statement read.

Lately, it added, Diyala’s al-Muqdadiya and Abi Sayda districts have witnessed attacks against security forces, civilians and local figures.

On Saturday, the Security Information Cell announced that Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi had called for the reinforcement of the armed forces in Diyala in the face of terrorists.

Almost two dozen executed on terrorism charges

On Monday, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a statement that 21 convicted terrorists and murderers had been hanged at a prison in the southern city of Nasiriyah.

Among those executed were people involved in two deadly attacks in the city of Tal Afar, in northern Nineveh Province, according to the statement.

It did not elaborate on the identities of the executed people or their convictions.

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