US-led airstrikes kill 7 ISIS militants in Makhmour
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region —An US-led coalition airstrike killed at least seven ISIS militants in a bunker about 60 kilometers south of Erbil city at Mount Qarachogh.
He added the spot targeted was just 1 kilometer away from Peshmerga positions.
Mount Qarachogh lies behind the Makhmour town. It is about 60 kilometers southwest of Erbil.
Though, the Iraqi government declared the end of the ISIS war in December 2017, there have been sporadic military confrontations between ISIS remnants and Iraqi Security Forces including the Kurdish Peshmerga — namely around Makhmour and in the Hamrin mountains in Saladin province.
In mid-February, in what was described as an ISIS ambush by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, 27 Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitaries were killed southwest of Kirkuk.
Sirwan Barzani, the commander of the Peshmerga forces on Makhmour-Gwer Front, told Rudaw that the airstrike was launched around 8 p.m. on Sunday "killing 7 ISIS militants."
He added the spot targeted was just 1 kilometer away from Peshmerga positions.
Bayar Hassan, the mayor of Qaraj town in Makhmour, detailed the location was near the village of Aliyarash on the outskirts of the Mount Qarachogh.
Mount Qarachogh lies behind the Makhmour town. It is about 60 kilometers southwest of Erbil.
Peshmerga forces are stationed on the mountain after they pulled out from Makhmour town in the wake of the October 16 events, when they withdrew from many of the disputed or Kurdistani areas claimed by both Baghdad and Erbil.
Though, the Iraqi government declared the end of the ISIS war in December 2017, there have been sporadic military confrontations between ISIS remnants and Iraqi Security Forces including the Kurdish Peshmerga — namely around Makhmour and in the Hamrin mountains in Saladin province.
In mid-February, in what was described as an ISIS ambush by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, 27 Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitaries were killed southwest of Kirkuk.