A senior member of Daesh terrorist group in Iraq have been killed in Kirkuk, Iraqi local sources reported.

Iraqi forces recently launched a new operation against Takfiri remnants in Kirkuk province. 

According to security sources, Iraqi forces managed to identify and kill a senior Takfiri terrorist, Firas Saleh, nicknamed "Abu Qaisar".

Earlier, Iraqi army forces launched an operation in Nineveh province against the remnants of ISIL takfiri elements.

Yahya Rassoul, a spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Force, said that 12 Takfiri elements had been identified and arrested in the operation.