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In a statement on Monday, CENTCOM announced that as part of the ongoing Defeat ISIS (D-ISIS) campaign, U.S. and "Iraqi forces conducted multiple strikes in the Hamrin mountains of Iraq ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on Tuesday that Islamic State's top commander for Iraq was killed in a ...