ISTANBUL Russia said on Wednesday that it killed four ISIS (Daesh)-linked militants during a counter-terrorism operation declared overnight in part of its Republic of Dagestan. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) told local news agencies, including TASS, that the militants were “neutralized” in the operation in the Kirovsky district of Makhachkala, the region’s administrative center. It said the militants were blocked on the outskirts of the settlement of Semender, situated within ...