More than 100 Daesh militants were killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the war media network of Iraq’s Defence Ministry announced early Wednesday.
It said F-16s bombed five Daesh positions in Mosul and approximately 40 militants were also injured during the attack.
On 18 October, the Iraqi army – backed by US-led coalition air strikes – launched a much-anticipated operation to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, which Daesh overran in mid-2014.
While most villages on the city’s outskirts have since fallen, Daesh remains in control of Mosul, which is the last Daesh stronghold in northern Iraq.