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Anti-ISIS coalition destroys terror group's tunnel systems
By Melissa Leon | Fox News
The drone footage shows various parts of the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound in northern Syria; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon.
The Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) anti-ISIS coalition recently uncovered and destroyed several of the terror group's tunnel systems and suspected safe havens in northern Iraq, according to military officials.
OIR used demolition material -- rather than the more common precision strike -- to destroy a 1,300-foot tunnel in Ninewah Province, which shares a border with northeastern Syria. The subterranean hideout was considered a long-term safe haven for Islamic State (ISIS) members, and it contained "bed down areas, a stove for cooking and electrical material for lighting," coalition officials said in a press release Saturday.
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