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| Iraq |
| Kirkuk Kombat Chronicles |
| 2017-04-03 |
| 6 Kurds die in roadside bomb attack in Kirkuk Tuz Khurmatu (BasNews) Two improvised explosive devices (IED) injured six Peshmerga troops in west of Tuz Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk province, early on Sunday. Mohamed Fayaq, head of Tuz Khurmatu media department said that the planted IEDs targeted a convoy of Peshmerga forces in western Tuz Kharmatu district, wounding six Peshmerga troops. Tuz Khurmatu is a disputed Kurdish area. It is a religiously and ethnically diverse city in northern Iraq where Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens live altogether. 7 ISIS have a Very Bad Day in Kirkuk Kirkuk (BasNews) (IraqiNews.com)The Global Coalition against the Islamic State (IS) Air Force killed seven militants including two leaders in southwest of Kirkuk province. Depending on a source from the Peshmerga forces, Anadolu Agency reported a fighter jet belonging to the coalition conducted a precise strike against a position of the IS militants in Rashad town, southwest of Kirkuk. The strike led to the elimination of seven militants, including two leaders, of the extremist group. The air raid which targeted the IS militants in Rashad town near the group’s held town of Hawija was undertaken based on Peshmerga military intelligence, the source said. Hawija is a strategic town which has fallen into the hands of IS since mid-2014. Iraqi authorities postponed an operation to liberate the town last year, instead they moved onto central Mosul. Kurdish authorities in Kirkuk have repeatedly warned that Kirkuk may not be completely secured as long as IS rules the nearby town of Hawija. Military operations in Iraq are resumed at places where IS control it. International coalition launch airstrikes against the IS sites leaving casualties. The Iraqi government is expected to launch an offensive to retake IS-occupied areas in Kirkuk once it is done with eradicating IS from Mosul, the group’s biggest bastion in Iraq where U.S.-backed government troops and allied militias have entered a sixth month of operations seeking to recapture the city. |
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