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International coalition warplanes kill 7 militants in Salaheddine

Seven militants were killed in an international coalition airstrike carried out in co-ordination with Iraqi forces in Salaheddine province, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence said Monday (July 15th).

"Security forces from the Salaheddine Operations Command carried out a large-scale security operation in the province with the support of international coalition warplanes," the ministry said in a statement.

"One terrorist was killed in a raid on a hideout belonging to the 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' (ISIS), and seven others were killed in a coalition airstrike conducted as part of the same operation in co-ordination with Iraqi forces on the ground," it said.

One four-wheel-drive vehicle, several motorcycles, communications devices, weapons, money in US dollars and the Syrian lira, and various other items were found in the raid, the statement said.

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