Iraqi airstrikes destroy terrorist hideouts in Salahuddin, Kirkuk
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Iraq’s judiciary has foiled an ISIS-linked plot to attack Arbaeen pilgrims, days before airstrikes hit the terrorist hideouts.
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Iraqi soldiers stand on a truck on a base in Sinjar, Iraq, Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (AP)
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced on Saturday that two airstrikes were carried out targeting terrorist positions in the northeast of the country.
According to the statement, on August 12, the Air Force, using F-16 jets and acting on intelligence reports, struck “a major terrorist hideout” in Wadi al-Shai, within the Salahuddin operations sector, killing “a group of terrorists who were inside.”
Another “terrorist hideout” was targeted on August 14 in the Kirkuk operations sector.
The Operations Command emphasized that “security forces are closely tracking all terrorist hideouts, and they will find no refuge in the Iraq of the holy sites.”
On August 10, the Iraqi judiciary announced the dismantling of an ISIS-linked terrorist network that had planned attacks against visitors to the Arbaeen pilgrimage of Imam Hussein using explosives and poisoned food.
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The Secretary-General of the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, issued a statement on Friday marking the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein, addressing recent developments in West Asia, particularly in Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, and reaffirming the group’s firm stance in support of the Axis of Resistance.
Al-Hamidawi condemned what he described as ongoing attempts to subjugate and destabilize the region, referencing the fall of the Syrian government to "criminal takfiri militias" led by al-Jolani, the US-Israeli aggression against the Yemeni people, and a broader war on the Islamic Republic of Iran. He stated that these efforts, driven by "Zionist and Masonic institutions," aim to strip nations of their sovereignty and undermine Resistance movements.
He also criticized growing international calls to disarm Resistance factions under what he called “flimsy pretexts", stressing that neither Iraq nor Lebanon has been spared such pressures.
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