BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in a series of airstrikes targeting their convoys early Wednesday when they fled Iraq's Fallujah, a provincial security source said on Thursday.
Dozens of IS vehicles were hit in airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition and the Iraqi air force south of Fallujah, 50 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The IS vehicles were attempting to flee to the desert southwest of Fallujah, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The source could not give an exact number of vehicles nor human casualties, but American media reports cited a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected dead militants and at least 40 destroyed vehicles.
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