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Iraq says it carried out air raid against IS in Syria

Published April 19, 2018 Updated April 19, 2018 12:28pm

Abadi ordered the strike against the jihadists "because of the danger they pose to Iraqi territory," a statement said.

A video released by the air force showed two F-16 fighter jets in action.

"These raids demonstrate the growing capacity of our armed forces to hunt down and liquidate terrorists," it added.

Iraq declared victory in December against IS, which launched a sweeping offensive in 2014 and at one point controlled a third of the country.

The militants still control pockets of desert along the border with Syria, where Iraq had already carried out limited raids against IS before Thursday's strike.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2018