Iraqi Jets Kill 50 Daesh Militants, Including Caucasus Nationals

"Iraqi F-16 aircraft…directed air strikes resulting in the destruction of four Daesh terrorist bases, four bomb-making and anti-aircraft weapons making labs, and killed over 50 terrorists, including from the Caucasus planning suicide attacks in Hawija," the command said in a statement on its website.

Kirkuk province has repeatedly been at the epicenter of fierce clashes between IS militants and joint Iraqi forces since the jihadist group captured vast parts of Iraq in June 2014.