Tokyo, 14 September, /AJMEDIA/
Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Tuesday during a government operation in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the government-backed Hashd Shaabi paramilitary forces said, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua.
A joint force of the government army and Hashd Shaabi fighters killed the three IS militants after chasing them in a desert area west of the provincial capital Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, according to a statement by the media office of Hashd Shaabi.
Four Hashd Shaabi fighters were wounded in the operation, the statement said.
The force also seized a vehicle used by the extremist militants that contains explosive belts, weapons and ammunition, it added.
