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| Diyala Devastation Digest |
| 2017-08-01 |
| Kop dies in IED attack near Baqubah Baqubah (IraqiNews.com) A policeman was killed and two others were wounded Monday when a roadside bomb exploded northeast of Baqubah, Diyala, a local source was quoted saying. The source told Alsumaria News that the bomb was placed on the side of a country road near Tawakkol village (40 Km northeast of Baqubah), and exploded when the police patrol was passing by. Earlier on Monday, Dijlah Security Operations commander Mezher al-Ezzawi said three rest houses belonging to the militant group were seized northeast of Diyala. An airstrike also destroyed a vehicle boarded by Islamic State militants on the borders between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, killing three on board, a local source told Alsumaria News earlier today. 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 earlier this month. 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. Iraqi kops destroy 3 ISIS safe houses Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi forces have destroyed three rest houses belonging to the Islamic State, northeast of Diyala governorate, according to Dijla Operations Command. Joint forces of army, police and al-hashd al-shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) launched a large-scale military operation to track the cells of the IS across al-Saadiya town and nearby towns, Lieutenant General Mazhar al-Ezzawi told Alsumaria News. “The preliminary results showed that the forces have managed to destroy three rest houses” he added. The Dijla Operations Command had launched a series of large-scale operations in recent months across Diyala to eliminate IS cells Early today, an airstrike destroyed a vehicle boarded by Islamic State militants on the borders between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, killing three on board. 3 ISIS Bad Guys die in airstrike Diyala (IraqiNews.com) An airstrike destroyed a vehicle boarded by Islamic State militants on the borders between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, killing three on board, a local source was quoted saying on Monday. The source told Alsumaria News that the airstrike targeted the vehicle at Bou Awwad region, Hawi al-Udhaim, 90 kilometers north of Baqubah. The network quoted another security source saying that the three militants killed in the raid included the group’s area security commander nicknamed Abu Zakariya, an Iraqi. |
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