Airstrike kills IS detachments Official east of Salahuddin

Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) A local source in Salahuddin Province informed that the Islamic State’s detachments official was killed, along with one of his aides, by an air strike, east of the province, Alsumaria News reported on Saturday.

The source said that the Islamic State’s detachments official of Mutaibija, also known as Abu al- Qaqaa, was killed, along with one of his aides, by an air strike that targeted his vehicle, east of Salahuddin.

Abu al-Qaqaa is one of the Islamic State leaders in Wilayat Salahuddin, and was based in Hawija, before moving to al-Mutaibija to handle the detachments file, the source added on condition of anonymity.

The area of Mutaibija, located on the borders between Diyala and Salahuddin, is one of the most unstable areas that includes many of the Islamic State sleeper cells.