Iraqi jets struck a gathering of ISIS fighters in neighboring Syria, the military announced on Thursday. F-16 fighter jets bombed and destroyed an “operations room”, leaving several terrorists dead. “According to intelligence, those terrorists who were killed were planning criminal operations using suicide vests and intended to target innocents in the next few days inside Iraq,” the military said in a statement. The Iraqi military has carried out several air strikes against ISIS in Syria since last year, with the approval of the regime and the US-led coalition fighting the terrorists. Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi declared final victory over ISIS in December but the group still operates from pockets along the border with Syria and in a rugged mountainous area in northeastern Iraq. It has continued to carry out ambushes, killings and bombings across Iraq. Earlier, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that at least seven regime members were killed when ISIS attacked their position near the eastern city of Deir al-Zour. The Observatory reported the attack Thursday, saying it took place Wednesday near the Taim oil field. Mohammad Hassan, a media coordinator for the activist-run Deir al-Zour 24, says at least 12 soldiers and five ISIS terrorists were killed in the clashes.