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| Diyala Devastation Digest |
| 2017-08-03 |
3 Iraqi soldiers die in IED attack near Baqubah Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Three Iraqi soldiers were killed on Wednesday in an IED blast in northeast of Baqubah, Iraqi police sources told DPA. A bomb, placed on the side of the road, while an army patrol was passing at Nahr al-Imam village in Muqdadiyah city, northeast of Baqubah, according to the sources. Three personnel were killed Earlier on Wednesday, a local official said operation was launched to follow the Islamic State sleeper cells at five villages in Diyala. “Joint troops of police, army and paramilitary troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi launched an operation in search for IS sleeper cells in five villages in Muqdadiyah, Adnan al-Tamimi, head of the local council of the city, told AlSumaria News. The operation, according to Tamimi, seeks securing the agricultural area in the vicinity of the city. A Peshmerga fighter was killed early on Wednesday in an IED blast in Jalawla town, north of Diyala. Several military operations were launched over the past few weeks in Diyala in search for IS sleeper cells. Attacks launched by Islamic State militants against security troops, the pro-government forces and civilians surged over the past few weeks in northeast of Diyala, which urge the Iraqi forces to prevent the militants infiltration between Salahuddin and Kirkuk provinces, especially the regions stretching along Hamreen mountains and Al-Azeem town. A monthly count by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), issued on Tuesday, said 518 Iraqis were killed and injured during the month of June. Nineveh province was the most affected governorate with 233 casualties, Baghdad came next then Anbar. Kurd fighter dies in bombing attack near Jalawla town Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter was killed on Tuesday in an IED blast in north of Diyala province, police said. In a statement, Ali Qadouri, head of the media office of police station in Keremian region, said a Peshmerga fighter was killed in Jamila village in Jalawla town. The fighter was taken to hospital for treatment, however, he succumbed to death before he was taken to forensic medicine institute there. Bombings and armed attacks are seen on almost a daily basis against security members, paramilitary groups and civilians since the Iraqi government launched a wide-scale campaign to retake IS-occupied areas in 2016. |
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