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Kirkuk Kombat Chronicle
3 ISIS troops die in artillery attack(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A source within the Shia militia of al-Hashed al-Sha’bi said on Saturday, that three senior ISIS leaders had been killed in an artillery strike in southern Kirkuk. The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “The artillery battalion of the Abbas Regiment shelled, today, a headquarters for ISIS in the village of al-Bashir in the district of Tuz Khurmato (25 km south of Kirkuk), resulting in the death of three [ISIS] leaders.” The source, who requested anonymity, added, “The intelligence effort of the Abbas Regiment was able to determine the [location] of an ISIS headquarters in the village of al-Bashir and its exact coordinates.” 22 ISIS Bad Guys die in artillery attack (IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – al-Hashed al-Shaabi forces announced on Saturday, that 22 elements of the so-called ISIS were either killed or wounded in a shelling targeted their gathering in southern Kirkuk (250 km north of Baghdad), while pointed out to the destruction of a vehicle belonging to ISIS. Abbas brigade of al-Hashed al-Shaabi reported for IraqiNews.com, “This morning Abbas brigade’s artillery battalion bombed a gathering of ISIS guerrilla in Bashir village in southern Kirkuk, killing nine ISIS members and wounding 13 others.” The statement added, “The shelling also resulted in the destruction of four-wheel vehicle belonging to ISIS.” Noteworthy, Bashir village in Taza area (30 km south west of Kirkuk) was under the control of the ISIS since June 2014. ISIS and Shiite militia bomb each other with artillery fire south of Kirkuk [Rudaw] Islamic State militants and Shiite militia were locked in an intense exchange of artillery fire on Friday on the outskirts of the predominantly Shiite town of Taza southern Kirkuk including Bashir village. “Our bombardment is a response to ISIS shelling which was intensely launched on the town of Taza,” Ali Husseini, media officer of the Shiite militia Hashd al-Shaabi's Abbasi division, told Rudaw. Husseini added that “To stop ISIS from bombing Bashir village, the Abbasi artillery division has sent large reinforcement to the frontlines.” Peshmerga forces in the area are for their part on alert for any possibility of the spillover of clashes between ISIS and the Shiite militia. “[Peshmerga] forces are on alert and we have not started any bombings, it is only Hashd al-Shaabi and ISIS exchanging artillery fire,” Brig. Taha Raza, told Rudaw, adding that “warplanes form the US-led coalition are seen in the sky of the area.” Raza revealed that ISIS has brought in reinforcements to villages close to Peshmerga fronts. Posted by: badanov 2016-03-06 |
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