By Ibrahim Saleh
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi warplanes on Tuesday struck several positions held by the Daesh terrorist group in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zour province, according to the Iraqi Defense Ministry.
In a statement, the ministry's Joint Operations Command said Iraqi F-16s had “carried out several strikes inside Syrian territory based on intelligence gleaned by our intelligence services”.
The strikes, the statement read, “targeted an arms depot in the Al-Bukmal district, where a number of terrorists had been holed up”.
According to the same statement, warplanes also struck a Daesh-held structure in Deir ez-Zour’s Al-Bagouz district.
“The two targets were completely destroyed and our aircraft returned safely to their bases, ” the statement read.
Daesh has recently registered limited gains in Syria following fierce clashes with the PYD/PKK terrorist group.
This has prompted Baghdad to beef up its forces along the Syrian border to prevent Daesh terrorists from infiltrating into Iraqi territory.
