Popular Crowd launched military operation northeast of Diyala

The Popular Crowd Forces in Iraq launched a military operation against IS mercenaries in north-east of Diyala.

Popular Crowd launched military operation northeast of Diyala
5 August, 2018   16:50

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According to the official website of the Popular Crowd, the crowd carried out on Sunday morning a raid and search operation in Jalula village north-east of Diyala to pursue the cells of IS mercenaries.

The crowd announced the killing of 4 mercenaries of IS as they tried to infiltrate into Diyala eastern of Iraq. According to the website, the operation was carried out with the participation of the two brigades of 110-23 in the crowd, intelligences and operations of Diyala Axis of the crowd.

Although Iraq announced the liberation of its entire territory from the grip of IS mercenaries in December, gangs of IS have remained in the area. The last period witnessed killing and kidnapping of civilians operations on the Baghdad-Diyala-Kirkuk road which prompted the security forces to carry out a military operation to secure the road and other areas close to Diyala, Kirkuk and Salah al-Din governorates.

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