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| Iraq |
| Kirkuk Kombat Kronicle |
| 2017-09-24 |
| Iraqi forces capture 7 villages Hawija (IraqiNews.com) The first region in Islamic State’s holdout in Kirkuk and other villages in southwest of the province have been liberated, according to pro-government paramilitary troops. “Joint troops managed to liberate al-Zab region, southwest of Kirkuk, and seven villages,” Brig. Gen. Khalaf Ibrahim, commander with al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in Hawija, told AlSumaria News. “The region is the first to be liberated by troops there.” “Troops will stop after liberation of al-Zab and villages in its vicinity before invading the center of the town as well as regions of al-Riyadh, al-Abbassi and al-Rashad within the coming 48 hours,” he added. The group reportedly carried out collective executions of members who attempted to flee battles in Salahuddin to Hawija, where parallel security operations are running to retake militants-held regions. On Thursday, Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasoul, spokesman of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said the number of Islamic State members in Hawija falls between 800 and 1500. Previously on the same day, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and Lt.Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah, deputy commander of the Joint Operations Command announced launch of first phase of operations to liberate Hawija and western Shirqat. Several villages in Shirqat have been retaken. 4 Kurds die in IED explosion near Daquq Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Four Kurdish personnel were killed in an IED blast in south of Kirkuk, a security source said on Saturday. “A bomb previously planted by Islamic State exploded while a patrol of Peshmerga troops was passing in Daquq, south of Kirkuk, leaving four personnel killed,” the source told AlSumaria News. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said, “the victims were transferred to forensic medicine department.” |
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