Islamic State's top commander in Iraq has been killed after Iraqi security forces launched punishing airstrikes on the terrorist outfit's stronghold in the Hamrin mountains, the prime minister declared this afternoon.
The ISIS commander, named as Jassim al-Mazrouei Abu Abdel Qader, died along with eight other terrorists in the operation conducted early last week, according to Iraqi premier Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's statement. 
The ISIS commander, named as Jassim al-Mazrouei Abu Abdel Qader, died along with eight other terrorists in the operation conducted by Iraqi Security Forces (pictured) early last week
'Counterterrorism forces... killed the so-called (IS) ''governor of Iraq'',' he declared triumphantly. The confirmation of Qader's death comes days after US Central Command (CENTCOM) issued an update late last week claiming the IS commander had been killed along with three other militants.
'The Iraqi-led strikes were conducted to disrupt and degrade ISIS attack networks in Iraq and were enabled by technical support and intelligence from coalition forces,' the CENTCOM statement read.
Qader's assassination represents a notable blow to ISIS and comes amid signs that the extremist group could be on the rise once more following a resurgence of threats across Africa, Asia and Europe.
Since ISIS lost its last stronghold in Syria five years ago, the terror group has never been able re-exert itself as the regional power it was at its peak - when it ruled over 12 million people across the Middle East.
But it claims to have been behind a series of brutal attacks in recent months from suicide bus bombings in Kabul to machine-gun assaults on theatres in Moscow - not to mention a foiled plot to kill 'tens of thousands' of Taylor Swift fans in Vienna.
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