In Iraq, eight Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an air strike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Nineveh province while security forces captured nine IS extremists in Salahudin province yesterday.

Iraqi military said that acting on intelligence reports from Nineveh’s Operations Command, the coalition aircraft conducted an air strike against IS positions at an island in the Tigris river, named Hawi Aslan. Xinhua quoting the Joint Operations Command reported that the air strike resulted in the killing of eight of the extremist IS militants.

In another development, a force from Salahudin’s Operations Command arrested nine IS militants who allegedly planned to carry out attacks on the provincial council building and security forces.