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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it, jointly with Iraqi security forces, eliminated 15 Islamic State* militants in western Iraq.
«U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces and Iraqi Security Forces conducted a partnered raid in Western Iraq in the early hours of Aug. 29, resulting in the death of 15 ISIS operatives,» CENTCOM said in a statement on X.
It said the militants were armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’ belts.
No civilian casualties were reported, CENTCOM said.
*Also known as IS or ISIS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia
