Iraq: airstrike kills four ISIS militants, including leader

BAGHDAD, Jan 11 (KUNA) -- Iraq's Joint Operations Command announced on Saturday the killing of four militants, including a leader of the so-called Islamic State (IS), in an airstrike in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad.
The raid was carried out on Friday with F-16 aircraft, targeting ISIS elements in the Hamrin Mountains with the province's operations section, said the command in a statement.
"Security forces went out today to survey the raid's area, finding four gunmen's bodies, including one of the group's leaders, explosive belts, grenades, and other various weapons," it added. (end) ahh.sas