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ISIS Bad Guy dies in Azeem

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State militant was killed and three rest houses were destroyed in several parts in Diyala, a police statement said on Tuesday.

“Based on intelligence information and coordination between al-Azeem police station, army and paramilitary troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi, an airstrike killed IS militant, who was near al-Bou’Awad village, in Azeem town, north of Diyala. The militant was killed, while his vehicle was destroyed,” the statement said.

Moreover, joint troops destroyed three IS rest houses in Rabei’a village, near al-Saadiya town, northeast of Baqubah.

Diyala police confiscated several rest houses over the past few months.

On Tuesday, the Dijlah Operations Command announced destroying three rest houses as a large-scale military operation was launched to track IS fighters across al-Saadiya town.

Attacks launched by Islamic State militants against security troops, the pro-government forces and civilians surged over the past few weeks in northeast of Diyala, which urge the Iraqi forces to prevent the militants infiltration between Salahuddin and Kirkuk provinces, especially the regions stretching along Hamreen mountains and Al-Azeem town.

Donkey dies in IED attack, save civilins

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A donkey was killed on Tuesday in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion as it stepped on the bomb, saving many civilians in southeastern Diyala governorate, Alsumaria News reported.

A local source told Alsumaria that an IED, planted on the side of an agricultural road in a town southeast of Diyala, exploded early Tuesday, killing a donkey as it stepped on it.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source added that the road is used by many civilians, especially farmers, on a daily basis, indicating that they were saved by the donkey.

Islamic State members have escalated their attacks against security and civilians over the past months as Iraqi forces were focusing most of their efforts to drive the group out of Mosul, the militants’ former capital which was declared free on July 10.

More than 25000 militants were killed in the Mosul campaign, according to Iraqi generals, including both foreign and local members, while a few thousands remain in other havens in Diyala, Salahuddin, Kirkuk and Anbar which the Iraqi government plans to target with future military offensives.
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