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Kirkuk Kombat Chronicle: 3+ die
 Iraqi air forces hammer ISIS positions near Riyad area(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A source in the province of Kirkuk announced on Monday, that 17 members of the so-called ISIS had been either killed or wounded in aerial bombardments carried out by the Iraqi Air Force in southern and western Kirkuk (250 km north of Baghdad). The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The Iraqi Air Force carried out a number of air strikes on headquarters belonging to ISIS in Qasabt Bashir and al-Safra in Riyad area (65 km west Kirkuk),” adding that, “17 ISIS militants were either killed or wounded in the aerial bombardments.” Noteworthy, ISIS controlled the area south and west of Kirkuk since June 2014. 1 Civilian dies in attack in Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A security source in Kirkuk province said on Monday, that a civilian had been killed while another was injured in a militant attack that took place southeast of the province. The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “This morning, unidentified militants driving a vehicle attacked a food shop and opened fire from their machine guns in Hay al-Askari neighborhood southeast of Kirkuk, resulting in the killing of one worker at the shop as well as the injury of the owner of the shop.” The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, “Security forces transferred the injured to a nearby hospital and the dead body to the forensic medicine department.” 2 ISIS Top Dawgs die in air strike (IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – On Monday, a security source in Kirkuk Province revealed, that two leaders belonging to the so-called ISIS were killed in an aerial shelling southwest of the province. The source reported for IraqiNews.com, “Today the Iraqi Air Force carried out an air strike on a fuel station used by ISIS in al-Rashad vicinity,” pointing out that, “The shelling resulted in the killing of the two ISIS leaders Jawad al-Riyashi and Maher al-Jarad, in addition to a number of ISIS members.” The source, who spoke in condition of anonymity, added that the shelling also destructed the fuel station completely. Posted by: badanov 2016-03-15 |
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