The Iraqi military - joined by the Popular Mobilization Forces - killed over 100 armed terrorists of ISIL takfiri group during the military operation in the province of Nineveh.

The Iraqi military - joined by the Popular Mobilization Forces - killed over 100 armed terrorists of the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group during the military operation in the province of Nineveh over the past 48 hours, senior army officials said.

"Our forces have killed 108 ISIL militants in Nineveh province in the last 2 days," Nineveh Province Operations Commander Brigadier General Najm al-Jabouri told reporters on Monday.

He noted that many ISIL military bases were also destroyed during the army's operations in different parts of the province.

Earlier Monday, Commander of the Iraqi Federal Police Raed Shaker Jawdat confirmed that the country's forces targeted the hideouts of ISIL terrorists in the surrounding areas of Ramadi, killing a number of militants and destroying their vehicles.

“The rocket launching battalion of the 2nd brigade of the federal police destroyed a large number of the vehicles of the ISIL terrorist group near the bridge of al-Sadiqiyah in Eastern Husaybah," the police commander said.

He further added that several boats loaded with improvised explosive devices were also exploded in the country's shelling.

The ISIL terrorist operatives are currently occupying shrinking swathes of Syria and Iraq. They have threatened all communities as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.

Senior Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab states for the growing terrorism in their country.

ISIL group has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by the Zionist regime.