Iraq claims death of 10 militants from air strikes on IS holdout in Syria

Iraq launched an air strike on an Islamic State target inside neighbouring Syria on Tuesday, its military said on Monday.

F-16 fighter jets destroyed a building where members of the ultra-hardline Sunni militant group were storing weapons, killing 10 of them, the Iraqi military said in a statement.

A second air strike destroyed a building housing 30 Islamic State fighters, the statement said.