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| Iraq |
| Diyala Daily Devastations: 1 dead |
| 2016-07-17 |
| ISIS Top Dawg detained in Baqubah by Iraqi kops (IraqiNews.com) DIYALA – Diyala Police Command stated that security forces arrested a prominent ISIS leader in a military operation east of Baqubah. The Diyala police spokesperson Colonel Ghalib al-Attiyah in a press statement said, “A force of Diyala police at noon today carried out a raid and search operation at al-Hamed located near Mandli some 80 km east of Baqubah. And in the operation, a top ISIS leader was arrested by the forces.” Attiyah added, “The operation was carried out based on accurate intelligence information.” Iraqi militia commander dies in bomb attack (IraqiNews.com) DIYALA – Muqdadiyah District Council announced that one al-Hashd al-Ashaeri leader was killed in a blast that was targeted at his vehicle northeast of Baqubah. The Head of the security committee in Muqdadiyah Ali al-Madi in a statement issued to the media said, “An improvised explosive device exploded at noon today. The blast was carried out targeting the vehicle of Sami al-Hassan- a leader of al-Hashd al-Ashaeri- while it was passing through al-Jazeera in northern Muqdadiyah, 35 km northeast of Baqubah. Hassan was killed on the spot.” “Security forces rushed to the blast area and transferred the dead body to the forensic department in al-Zahraa General Hospital in Muqdadiyah and initiated a probe of the incident.” |
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