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| Butcher's Bill in Kirkuk encounter reaches 14 |
| 2017-11-15 |
| Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Fourteen Islamic State militants and security personnel were killed as confrontations broke out in south of Kirkuk, a security source said on Tuesday. “Al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] invaded Kadamat village, south of Kirkuk, where confrontations occurred against IS militants,” the source told Baghdad Today. “Troops managed to kill 10 IS members.” Moreover, the clashes “left four PMFs personnel killed,” according to the source. “The operation was carried out to comb the regions between Kadamat and the borders of al-Rashad, southwest of Kirkuk, and follow the militant group’s pockets,” the source said. Operations were launched in late September to liberate Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk, before Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced freeing the town in October. |
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