According the Iraqi army’s War Media Cell the airstrikes targeted six Takfiri-held positions in the town of Qa'im.

A high-ranking Takfiri commander with close ties to Isis' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was also killed in the Wednesday operations.

Two other senior Isis militants identified as Zafer al-Rawi and Millat Hashem Farahat were also killed in the strikes that were reportedly conducted with precise information supplied by intelligence services. Farahat was a former commander in Tal Afar and a close aide to Baghdadi.

The small towns of Qa'im, Rawa and Anna have been held by Isis since 2014.

Elsewhere in the country, Iraqi government forces regained full control over half of the last remaining redoubt of Isis Takfiri militants in Tal Afar with the aid of volunteer fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units.

On August 20, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, declared the start of the operation to retake control of Tal Afar and nearby areas from Isis terrorists.

Tal Afar is the last Isis stronghold in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh.