MOSUL, Iraq

 At least 35 Daesh militants were killed in the Iraqi provinces of Mosul, Saladin and Anbar on Tuesday, a senior Iraqi commander said.

General Najim Abdullah al-Juburi, the commander of Mosul Operations, told Anadolu Agency that the U.S.-led coalition targeted a Daesh military convoy in Mosul’s Telafar district.

"A total of 13 militants were killed in the airstrike and many military vehicles were destroyed," said al-Juburi. 

In addition, local sources said that Abu Abdullah al-Arabi, a senior Daesh commander in Saladin's Beiji district, was killed by Iraqi troops in Abu Jarad region of Beiji district.

Meanwhile, an Iraqi army commander in Anbar said security forces killed seven militants in a clash that erupted following a suicide attack in Anbar’s al-Karma district. 

In a separate incident, Khalef said eight militants were killed and their vehicles were destroyed near Fallujah district in Anbar.

In yet another incident, six militants were killed in clashes in eastern Fallujah.

Iraq has been in a security vacuum since June 2014, when Daesh overran Mosul and declared what a self-styled caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria.