Briefcase 1 The airstrike destroyed four IS positions near Qayyara town. 2 Four other extremist militants were killed on Sunday. A prominent leader of Islamic State (IS) group and four extremist militants were killed on Sunday in a US-led coalition airstrike near the IS stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq, a security source said. The source didn't give the name of the prominent leader, adding that there were six other IS militants injured in the airstrike. On August 25, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the liberation of Qayyara after defeating the extremist militants.

Source: India Today September 05, 2016 00:56 UTC