Uraman, Suleymaniyah, April 3, IRNA -- Some 23 members of Ansar al-Islam forces have been killed in clashes with Kurdish Peshmergas and US forces in Uraman in the Iraqi Sulaymaniyah province early Thursday morning.

A military source told IRNA that several foreign nationals, including Saudis, Afghans, Moroccans and Algerians, all holding foreign visas, could be seen among those killed in the operations, an Iraqi Kurd military official told IRNA.

The source said the dead people are members of Arab-Afghan al-Qaeda group, identity of one of them is not yet clear. He said considerable munitions were seized from the group.