3 ISIL camps destroyed in Northern Iraq

World Bulletin / News Desk

Iraqi army forces have destroyed three camps belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Al-Qaeda in northern Iraq.

Five rebels were also killed in the operation, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a Monday statement.

According to the ministry, four gun-mounted vehicles were destroyed and a cache of weapons seized in northern Iraq's Al-Jazeera district.

Iraqi government troops have been pursuing ISIL rebels since last December, when the militant group seized control of parts of the western Anbar province.