Iraqi official: IS convoy fleeing Fallujah destroyed
Iraq's Defense Ministry has released footage showing airstrikes on dozens of vehicles, which officials said was an IS convoy fleeing the western city of Fallujah following its recapture by the Iraqi military.
"More than 20 helicopters took part in the mission and were able to destroy more than 138 vehicles," Iraqi army commander Lt. Gen. Hamid al-Maliki said in footage released by the Defense Ministry late Wednesday night. Al-Maliki said the Iraqi helicopters carried out all of the strikes. "No other force took part in the operation," he said.
The US-led coalition said Thursday that they also conducted airstrikes on "two large concentrations of Daesh vehicles and fighters," according to spokesman Col. Christopher Garver.
