Iraq: At least 100 ISIL militants killed

At least 100 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants were killed in the southern part of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraq’s defense ministry said.

Air-assisted riot police and Shiite volunteers carried out the operation, according to a written statement from Iraq’s defense ministry.

An ammunition-depot and 250 explosives were seized during theraid in Al-Meamil district and police also destroyed 15 ISIL vehicles, the statement added. 

Iraq has been gripped by a security vacuum since June 2014, when ISIL stormed the northern province of Mosul and declared what it called a "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria.