Six Iraqi policemen killed in ISIS attack

Six Iraqi federal policemen were killed, and seven others were wounded in an attack on Wednesday in a remote area located 140 km north of the capital, Baghdad, attributed to the Islamic State (ISIS), a military source told media.

Six Iraqi federal policemen were killed, and seven others were wounded in an attack on Wednesday in a remote area located 140 km north of the capital, Baghdad, attributed to the Islamic State (ISIS), a military source told media.

Sources said that “six members of the Federal Police were killed and seven others were wounded.”

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He added that “ten to 15 ISIS operatives attacked a federal police post after midnight (Wednesday).

The attack lasted more than an hour.

However, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack took place in the Al-Jalam area in Salah al-Din Governorate, an area where ISIS cells are still active.

The Islamic State took control of many large areas in 2014 in Iraq and neighbouring Syria but was defeated in the two countries respectively in 2017 and 2019.

While the Iraqi forces succeeded in eliminating the organization after bloody battles, cells from it are still active in some areas far from the cities and target military sites from time to time.

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In late April, two Iraqi soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing north of Baghdad.

The Iraqi forces repeatedly carry out operations to pursue the remaining members of the organization.

The report issued by the UN Security Council in January 2022 indicated that the organization “maintained its ability to launch attacks at a constant rate in Iraq, including carrying out hit-and-run operations, setting ambushes and planting roadside bombs, with its activity concentrated significantly in the governorates of Kirkuk, Diyala and Salah.” Religion”.

The last bloody explosion in the capital occurred in July 2021, on the eve of Eid al-Adha, which killed dozens, most of them children.

And Iraq officially announced on the ninth of December that the presence of foreign “combat” forces in the country ended at the end of 2021 and that the new mission of the international coalition, which came to help Iraq in combating the Islamic State, is advisory and training only.

There are still 2,500 American soldiers and 1,000 coalition soldiers deployed on three Iraqi military bases.

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