(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) US helicopter gunships on Wednesday carried out raids on four positions held by the Daesh militant group near Iraq's northern city of Mosul, a Daesh stronghold, leaving more than 15 militants dead, according to a Kurdish Peshmerga officer.
"U.S. apaches carried out a string of raids on Daesh positions on the outskirts of Al-Fadeliya [a town located 17 kilometers northeast of Mosul]," Lieut. Raed Mazouri of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces told Anadolu Agency.
Iraq has suffered from a security vacuum since the summer of last year, when Daesh militants overran the northern Mosul province.
Massacres perpetrated by the group in the latter half of 2014 € along with the forced deportation of minority populations from areas held by Daesh € led to the establishment of a U.S.-led coalition last September to combat the extremist group.
In the ten months since, the coalition has carried out numerous airstrikes against Daesh targets in both Iraq and Syria.
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