Iraqi air strikes kill 45 IS militants in Syria

At least 45 IS militants were killed in an Iraq-based air strike in eastern Syria. Iraq has claimed that some of the militants were senior leaders of the group. BBC News

It is said that Iraq has launched three home-based attacks in Syria's Hajin city. There the IS leaders met for a meeting there. This is the end of the IS controlled area in Syria.

Among those killed in the Iraqi strike, the ISI's war-minister, a media chief, the police chief, and the personal ambassador of the leader of the militant group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Iraq is fighting with the Syrian government against IS members in the border areas of Iraq and Syria.

Once the IS took over one-third of Iraq's territory In December last year, the US-led opposition alliance said they reinstated the IS-regulated 98 percent of the territory in Iraq and Syria.