An alleged senior commander of the Daesh terrorist group has been killed by an airstrike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, an Iraqi military official told Anadolu Agency Sunday.
According to Col. Ahmad al- Jubouri from the Mosul Operations Command, the Daesh terrorist, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was known as the third most important leader of the group, and was killed in Mosul's southern town of Hammam al-Alil.
Last month, the Iraqi army backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes launched a wide-ranging operation aimed at retaking Mosul, the last Daesh bastion in northern Iraq, from the terrorist group.