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5 ISIS troops die in Salahuddin
(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – Al-Hashd al-Shaabi leader Jabber al-Maamouri announced on Thursday, that a joint security force killed five ISIS members in an ambush north of Salahuddin.Mamouri said in a press statement received by IraqiNews.com, “A joint combat force, backed by al-Hashd al-Shaabi fighters killed five ISIS members in an ambush on the agricultural road north of Salahuddin.” Mamouri added, “The joint security force also destructed two vehicles equipped with heavy weapons.” ISIS deploys line stiffeners in Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – A local source in Salahuddin province said on Thursday, that ISIS used a special force called “the red streaks” after the collapse of the defensive line in the vicinity of Sharqat. The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “A combat force called the red streaks belonging to al-Asra army that forms the special guards of the leader of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, arrived from Mosul to the vicinity of Sharqat.” The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, “The ISIS leadership in Sharqat had employed that force after the collapse of the defensive lines in the past two days as a result of low morale and serious concerns about the approaching security forces and al-Hashed al-Sha’bi [militia] towards Sharqat.” Posted by: badanov 2016-02-26 |
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