Iraqi warplanes kill four Islamic State extremists in Diyala
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) – Four Islamic State militants were killed Tuesday in an air raid that was launched by the Iraqi Air Force to target terrorist hotbeds in Diyala, a well-placed provincial official said.
“Iraqi warplanes targeted several hotbeds of Islamic State in Balkana village, 90km northeast of Baqubah, leaving four IS extremists killed,” Sadeq al-Husseini, the head of Diyala provincial council’s security committee, told the Baghdad Today news website.
Al-Husseini added that several airstrikes were launched over the past period across the rugged terrain in Diyala to target Islamic State militants, who are still active in some villages.
Iraqi troops foil infiltration attempt by Islamic State in Diyala
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) – Pro-government forces thwarted on Tuesday an attempt by Islamic State militants to infiltrate into a district in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala, a security source was quoted as saying.
Speaking to Iraqi website Alghad Press, the source said that militants of Islamic State sought to sneak into the Bardan hills on the outskirts of al-Sadiyah district, in northeastern Diyala, but fighters of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) managed to foil their plot.
The source further warned that Islamic State still has dormant cells in different parts of Diyala, who seek to undermine the province’s security by launched terrorist attacks against civilians and security forces.
Three Islamic State militants apprehended in Diyala
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) – Three Islamic State (IS) militants were arrested Tuesday during a military operation in northeastern Diyala.
“A force from the 110th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), in cooperation with military intelligence agents in Diyala, carried out a military operation to pursue Islamic State cells in the regions of al-Tabj and Bardan,” Almaalomah news website quoted al-Hashd al-Shaabi as saying in a military statement.
“The operation resulted in the arrest of three Islamic State terrorists and detonation of two explosive charges,” the statement read.