Islamic State commander for Iraq killed, premier says

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Tuesday that Islamic State's commander for Iraq had been killed in an operation in the Hamrin Mountains in northeast Iraq.

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla and Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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