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SULAIMANI — Popular Mobilization Forces
(Hashd al-Shaabi) said one of their brigades managed to foil an attack by the Islamic
State (ISIS) in Diyala’s district of Miqdadiya (Sharaban) on Friday (January
22) night.
ISIS militants attacked members of the
Iraqi army and police and tried to destroy a thermal camera before the 24thBrigade of Hashd al-Shaabi pushed back the assault, a statement from Popular Mobilization
Forces’ media said.
Hashd al-Shaabi had set up a thermal
camera and security point in the area.
An attack by ISIS militants early in
the morning on Friday killed 11 members of the Iraqi army in their barracks in
one of the deadliest attacks on Iraqi forces in months.
The attack occurred in al-Azim sub-district
in Diyala, where ISIS took advantage of the foggy weather to stage the raid,
Nihad Mohammed, a spokesperson from Diyala police said.
(NRT Digital Media)