Head of Khalediya District Council, Ali Dawood, announced on Saturday the killing of the ISIS military commander of the so-called Wilayat Fallujah during an aerial bombing by the international coalition east of the city of Ramadi.

“The international coalition aviation, in coordination with a force belonging to the army, bombarded one of the ISIS headquarters, this evening, in al-Khalediya Island (23 km east of Ramadi),” Dawood said in a press statement and noting that, “ISIS leaders were meeting in the headquarters.”

He added, “The bombardment resulted in killing the ISIS military commander for Wilayat Fallujah, known as Maher al-Bilawi, along with a number of his companions.”

Also a security source in Anbar Province announced on Saturday, that 17 members of the so-called ISIS had been killed or wounded in a shelling conducted by the Iraqi aircraft in Fallujah while pointed out that the dead included a number of ISIS leaders and suicide bombers who were planning to target the capital, Baghdad.

According to the source “Falcons Intelligence Cell observed a group of 11 ISIS suicide bombers in a headquarters near the city of Fallujah,” indicating that, “The security forces monitored the headquarters for several days.”

The source, who asked anonymity, added, “The Iraqi Air Force aircraft backed by the Joint Operations Command carried out an air strike, resulting in the destruction of the headquarters, as well as killing 13 ISIS terrorists, including nine suicide bombers, and injuring 4 others.”