The U.S. military said those killed in a joint assault by U.S. and Iraqi forces last month included the group’s top commander in Iraq and its leading bomb maker.

Four ISIS leaders were killed as a result of raid in western Iraq late last month, the US military said Friday.

Last month’s raid In Iraq’s western Anbar Province resulted in the death of four top ISIS commanders, U.S. Central Command announced. The Aug. 29 mission, one of the biggest raids carried out under Operation Inherent Resolve, took out the terror group’s top commander in Iraq and 13 other fighters, and left seven American servicemembers injured.

A top Isis commander tipped to become the group’s new global leader was killed in one of the largest US counter-terror operations in years.

BAGHDAD: Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, a police source said.