BAGHDAD, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Wednesday in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition aircraft in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said.
Acting on intelligence reports from al-Jazira Operations Command, the U.S.-led coalition aircraft carried out an airstrike on IS positions south of Akkas gas field in the western province, the media office of the Joint Operations Command said in a statement.
The airstrike resulted in the killing of three IS militants, the destruction of three motorcycles and a hideout of the extremist militants, the statement added.
The IS militants are still active in the vast Anbar desert which stretches to the border with neighboring countries of Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as many civilians have been kidnapped or killed by the extremist group recently.
The security situation in Iraq was dramatically improved after Iraqi security forces fully defeated the extremist IS militants across the country late in 2017.
The IS remnants, however, have since melted in urban areas or resorted to deserts and rugged areas as safe havens, carrying out frequent guerilla attacks against security forces and civilians.
