Airstrikes in Fallujah kill 70 ISIS fighters including one of its leaders

Airstrikes crried out by US led coalition forces have killed more than 70 Islamic State fighters, including the one of the leaders of the group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. As indicated by a spokesman of the American military based in Baghdad, IS fighting positions have been destroyed in 20 strikes over four days. According to him, the group's Fallujah commander had died in the aerial attacks on the city.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 27 May 2016.

Elimination of the leader will not cause the enemy to completely stop fighting, but it does create a problem as it causes the second-in-command to have to move up and disturbs the balance of power. The airstrikes are almost constant. One of the residents revealed that they had been living for weeks on rice, canned food and processed cheese and the stocks were fast depleting.
The authorities have already told tens of thousands of civilians to flee the city, which has been under IS control since 2014. Iraqi troops have been trying to drive IS militants from their stronghold west of Baghdad after launching the new offensive on Sunday night. US planes also dropped leaflets telling locals to avoid IS areas. The leaflets directed those who cannot leave to put white sheets on their roofs to mark their locations.


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