BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (NNN-NINA) – Seven Daesh militants and a member of government-backed paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed yesterday, in a clash in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the media office of Hashd Shaabi forces said, in a statement.
Hashd Shaabi fighters clashed with the Daesh militants, hiding in a tunnel, in the al-Hatra desert, south-west of Mosul, capital of Nineveh Province, according to the statement.
The clash resulted in the killing of seven Daesh militants inside the tunnel, the statement said, adding, a Hashd Shaabi member was also killed and eight others wounded, after two suicide bombers blew up their explosive belts, in an attempt to storm the tunnel.
Meanwhile, Yahia Rasoul, spokesman of the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces, said in a statement that, the army’s helicopter gunships destroyed a vehicle and killed three Daesh militants, during reconnaissance and search operations in Nineveh.
Over the past few months, Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against extremist militants, to crack down on their intensified activities.
