A security source in Diyala province announced that 70 terrorists from the Islamic State were killed in battles north of Baquba.
He told the reporter of the INAN today that causalities of the Islamic State due to the military operation carried out by Iraqi forces, backed by volunteers of the popular mobilization and warplanes in the past few days north of Baquba, amounted to more than / 70 / terrorists including prominent leaders and liberate seven villages surrounding Safra area on the border with Salahuddin north of Baquba.
He explained that the military operation were also destroyed / 15 / booby-trapped houses and five vehicles carrying weapons, pointed out that the controlling safra area, which lies on the strategic road, will contribute to block supplies to the (IS) organization to the Hamrin area, which is the main stronghold of the organization .