Samarra (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi paramilitary forces killed on Sunday two Islamic State militants and wounded three others during a security operation in northern Samarra.“A security force from the 313th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) targeted terrorist hotbeds of Islamic State group at the village of Khorasan in Mutaibija, north of Samarra, today, killing two terrorists and wounding three others,” Almaalomah news website quoted the media office of al-Hashd al-Shaabi as saying in a statement.
“The troops also destroyed two hotbeds, where the Islamic State militants were hiding,” the statement read, adding that the security operation is still ongoing to purge the whole region from IS militants.