BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces launched a major operation against remnants of the Islamic State group on Wednesday following public anger over the jihadists’ murder of a group of abducted civilians.

Dubbed “Vengeance for the Martyrs”, the operation will see army, special forces, police and Kurdish peshmerga fighters hunting down IS cells in the center of the country, Iraq’s Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement.

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