- A prominent leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) group and four extremist militants were killed, and six other IS militants were injured in the airstrike on Sunday in a US-led coalition airstrike near the IS stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq, a security source said.
- The airstrike destroyed four IS positions near the newly-freed town of Qayyara near Mosul, Xinhua news agency reported.
- The ISIS leader, among the five killed, was said to be close to the top IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a security source on condition of anonymity told Xinhua citing an intelligence report.
- On 25 August, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the liberation of Qayyara after defeating the extremist militants.
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