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Iraq
7 die in gunfights with ISIS
2021-02-21
[NRTtv] SULAIMANI — Iraqi security forces clashed with the Islamic State (ISIS) group north of Baghdad on Saturday (February 20), leaving at least five jihadists and two security personnel dead.

A joint force of army troops and state-sponsored tribal fighters raided an ISIS hideout in the leafy plains of Tarmiyah, according to a statement from the military.

"We had learnt that ISIS was holding a meeting there to plan for attacks on the capital Baghdad," Ahmad Salim, head of the Baghdad Operations Command, said near the site of the fighting.

Ensuing clashes killed five ISIS fighters and two tribal pro-government forces, the military statement said.
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