JOC: ISIS so-called Wali of Salah al-Din killed in airstrike

The Joint Operations Command announced today, Tuesday, the killing of the so-called Wali of Salah al-Din for ISIS in an airstrike yesterday. The command said in a statement: "Following the statement regarding yesterday's airstrikes in Al-Aith area in Salah al-Din sector, which targeted a den of a terrorist detachment, a force went out at 5:00 today from the Salah al-Din Operations Command detachments, a reconnaissance battalion, and military intelligence detachments in the command, under the supervision of the operations commander, to search and inspect the targeted location, and found 4 bodies of ISIS terrorists completely torn apart as a result of the accuracy of the airstrikes, including the body of the terrorist called (Abu Omar Al-Quraishi), the so-called Wali of Salah al-Din." It added, "3 explosive belts, a number of different weapons, a set of night vision goggles, a large number of hand grenades, and various technical materials, including 8 mobile phones, and a quantity of logistical and administr ative materials for the terrorist detachment that was killed during this operation, were also found." It added that "the force carrying out the duty found another terrorist hideout at a distance from the first targeted hideout, and the security forces worked to completely destroy it, and the operation is still ongoing." The command confirmed, according to the statement, that "the security forces are carrying out the tasks to achieve their goals accurately, and they are continuing with the duties and qualitative tasks to exact just retribution from the remnants of the defeated ISIS terrorist gangs." Source: National Iraqi News Agency