Iraqi forces kill 50 Daesh terrorists south of Fallujah

More than four dozen members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have been killed when Iraqi government launched a counter-terrorism operation against the extremists in the conflict-ridden western province of Anbar.

Fallujah Liberation Operations Commander Lieutenant General Abdel Wahab al-Saadi, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network on Thursday that security forces closed in on Daesh terrorists between al-Shuhadaa and al-Nuaimiya areas in southern Fallujah, located roughly 69 kilometers (43 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, killing 50 of the terrorists during fierce exchanges of gunfire.

Saadi added that security forces are advancing in Saqlawiyah north of Fallujah, and are seeking to purge the area of Daesh militants and wrest complete control over it.

Separately, Iraqi fighter jets carried out precision strikes against Daesh positions north of Albu Dhiyab district, which lies north of Anbar's provincial capital city of Ramadi, destroying eight terrorist hideouts and killing all Takfiri extremists inside.

Anbar Liberation Operations Commander Major General Ismail al-Mahlawi also said nine Daesh Takfiris were killed in Albu Hawi region, south of Fallujah, when Iraqi warplanes pounded four militant hideouts in the area.

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